On the 20th of August, in this week 6 match, Rapid Bucuresti will host UTA Arad at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 5th placed Rapid Bucuresti is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Petrolul 52. Gheorghe Grozav struck first for Petrolul 52 in the 23rd minute on a feed from Mirko Ivanovski, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rapid Bucuresti couldn’t manage to score, and Petrolul 52 took the shutout win. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, UTA Arad recorded a 2-1 win against Universitatea Cluj. Virgiliu Postolachi struck first for UTA Arad in the 6th minute, then Adrian Ionuț Bălan tied it up for Universitatea Cluj in the 36th minute. UTA Arad is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Rapid Bucuresti won the head to head battle with 1 win.
David Miculescu has been the most prolific scorer on UTA Arad in his last 5 matches with two goals. Rapid Bucuresti’s most prolific scorer has been Antonio Valentin Sefer. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.