In this week 25 match, on Tue Feb 8th, Voluntari and Rapid Bucuresti will play a match in Voluntari in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 3rd placed Voluntari is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Mioveni. Mioveni had 16 on net, and Voluntari had 3, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Voluntari should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rapid Bucuresti recorded a 1-1 draw against Gaz Metan Mediaş. Petre Goge struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 3rd minute, then in the 55th minute, de Sousa Matias sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by squeezing out at least the one point for Gaz Metan Mediaş. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Voluntari and Rapid Bucuresti last played eachother at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu on Fri Sep 24th. Voluntari won by a score of 1 to 0. Vadim Rata struck first for Voluntari in the 24th minute on a feed from Ion Gheorghe, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rapid Bucuresti was frustrated by Voluntari’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Voluntari ended the match with the shutout victory.
Younes Bnou Marzouk has been the most effective weapon for Rapid Bucuresti lately. The French attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Voluntari’s top weapon lately has been Adam Nemec, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.