Petrolul vs Rapid București prediction on the Romanian Liga 1 match on July 29, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between Petrolul and Rapid București will take place in the 3rd round of the Romanian Liga 1 on July 29, 2024. Each club hopes to get their first victory in the championship.
Petrolul vs Rapid București: key statistics and trends
- * Petrolul cannot win 3 times in a row.
- * Rapid București has got a streak of 4 matches without a win, but both rounds of the championship ended in a draw.
- * The most common score between the clubs is a 0-0 draw (5 times).
Petrolul – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Yellow Wolves” have recently returned to the Romanian top division. So far, there are no successes at the level of 10 years ago, but it seemed that they managed to gain a foothold in the top of the league. As for the previous cycle, a quite comfortable 11th place was taken.
Still, now Alagic’s wards are not impressive. At first, they failed to score to Gloria Buzau, ending the game with a 0-0 result, at the home arena. And they lost to Dinamo in Bucharest in the previous round – 1-4.
Rapid București – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Railwaymen” are considered one of the historical giants of the country. Still, they have not won trophies for 2 decades, while having managed to “visit” the second division of the country. Speaking about the previous season, the team finished only in 6th place, which, of course, left the club without the European competition.
In May, the president of the club, the famous former footballer, Viorel Moldovan, lured Neil Lennon, a Celtic legend, to the coaching position. The specialist is starting well, but both first matches of the Romanian championship brought the draws (a 1-1 result in the away struggle with UTA and a 2-2 equality in the home game against CFR). Moreover, the team came back twice with Cluj, including in the 7th minute of added time.
Petrolul: team news
No personnel problems.
Rapid București: team news
Papeau may miss this meeting.
Petrolul vs Rapid București: possible starting line-ups
Petrolul (possible line-up): Zima – Ticu, Huja, Papp, Hanca – Dumitriu, Seto, Grozav, Isfan, Bratu – Berisha.
Rapid București (possible line-up): Aioani – Mikovschi, Iacob, Blazek, Ignat, Braun – Petrila, Kait, Papeau – Rrahmani, Burmaz.
Previous head-to-head matches: Petrolul vs Rapid București
“The Yellow Wolves” have won half of their 6 previous matches, and only 1 game resulted in a defeat.
Free prediction for the match Petrolul vs Rapid București
They believe more in the guests from the capital of Romania. Still, the team has no victories yet, although there are plenty of goals. We bet on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 2.06).