On Saturday Apr 2nd, Rapid Bucuresti will host Botoşani at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu 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 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Rapid Bucuresti recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Academica Clinceni. Romario Moise struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 67th minute on a feed from Sefer, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Academica Clinceni was frustrated by Rapid Bucuresti’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rapid Bucuresti ended the match with the shutout victory. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Botoşani recorded a 1-0 shutout win against UTA Arad. Jajá struck first for Botoşani in the 7th minute on a feed from Mihai Roman II, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed UTA Arad couldn’t manage to score, and Botoşani took the shutout win. Botoşani is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, Rapid Bucuresti and Botoşani battled to a 1-1 draw. Younes Bnou Marzouk struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 34th minute on a feed from Albert Stahl, but Andrei Tîrcoveanu got the equalizer for Botoşani in the 52nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Botoşani.
For Botoşani, their top scorers are Mihai Roman II and Jajá, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. For Rapid Bucuresti, their top scorers are Jakub Vojtuš and Mattias Käit, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.