Week 18 features a match on Sat Nov 12th, where Rapid Bucuresti will play host to Universitatea Craiova in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Rapid Bucuresti recorded a 1-3 loss against FCSB. Andrei Cordea scored the first goal for FCSB in the 14th minute, then Andrea Compagno added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Sut. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Rapid Bucuresti should be reasonably happy with their performance, while universitatea Craiova is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Universitatea Cluj. Alexandru Crețu scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 60th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Universitatea Cluj couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win. Universitatea Craiova should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Universitatea Craiova and Rapid Bucuresti last played eachother at the Paksi Fc Stadion on Jul 31st. Rapid Bucuresti was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Alexandru Ioniță scored the first goal for Rapid Bucuresti in the 50th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Universitatea Craiova couldn’t manage to score, and Rapid Bucuresti took the shutout win.
Baiaram has been the most prolific scorer on Universitatea Craiova in the last 5 matches with two goals. Both Cristian Săpunaru and Marko Dugandžić have been the hottest scorers for Rapid Bucuresti in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.