In a mid week match in week 8, on Mon May 9th, Rapid Bucuresti and U Craiova 1948 will play a match in Bucureşti in a clash of these two closely matched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Rapid Bucuresti recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Chindia Târgovişte. Neither Chindia Târgovişte nor Rapid Bucuresti could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Rapid Bucuresti is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while u Craiova 1948 is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against UTA Arad. Dominik Kovačić struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 50th minute on a feed from Baeten, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, UTA Arad couldn’t muster any offence and U Craiova 1948 ran away with the shutout win. U Craiova 1948 should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Rapid Bucuresti and U Craiova 1948 last played eachother at the Paksi Fc Stadion on the 1st of March. U Craiova 1948 won by a score of 3 to 2. Jakub Vojtuš struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 58th minute on a feed from Rares Ilie, but Baeten got the equalizer for U Craiova 1948 in the 72nd minute But luckily in the 74th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Sekou Sidibe.
Both Jeremy Huyghebaert and Andrea Compagno have been the hottest scorers for U Craiova 1948 in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Ilie has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Rapid Bucuresti.