In a weekend match in week 23, on Sat Jan 29th, Rapid Bucuresti hosts UTA Arad in a Liga 1 match. Rapid Bucuresti is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Universitatea Craiova. Elvir Koljic scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 5th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Rapid Bucuresti was frustrated by Universitatea Craiova’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Universitatea Craiova ended the match with the shutout victory. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed UTA Arad, recorded a 0-1 loss against Gaz Metan Mediaş. Vlad Morar scored the first goal for Gaz Metan Mediaş in the 66th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, UTA Arad was frustrated by Gaz Metan Mediaş’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gaz Metan Mediaş ended the match with the shutout victory. UTA Arad looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, UTA Arad and Rapid Bucuresti battled to a 2-2 draw. Cristian Albu struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 16th minute on a feed from Antonio Valentin Sefer, then Cristian Albu added another in the 21st minute. Cristian Albu and Albert Stahl are the top scorers for Rapid Bucuresti in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.