LIVE Rapid – Slobozia, in the 14th stage of the Superliga

The “Višinii” can reach their fourth consecutive victory, while the Ialomists haven't won in a month, when Petrolul fell victim to them, in Clinceni.

The game will be a special one for Marian Aioani. The goalkeeper is facing his 200th top-flight game.

Rapid – Slobozia, live from 20:30

Rapid – Slobozia, probable teams

Rapid: Aioani – Manea, Pașcanu, Kramer, R. Badescu – Hromada, Keita – Dobre, Christensen, Petrila – Koljic
reserves: F. Stolz – Baroan, Bolgado, C. Braun, Grameni, Jambor, Micovschi, Onea, R. Pop
Absent: A. Borza (injured), Burmaz (injured), D. Ciobotariu (injured), Hazrollaj (injured), C. Ignat (injured), D. Mendez (injured), Vultarar (suspended)
Coach: Costel Gâlcă

Slobozia: Gurău – Dorobanțu, Dinu, Safronov, Dragu – V. Pop, Hamdiu, Purece – Afalna, Papeau, Dulcea
reserves: R. Popa – Bărbut, Deaconu, Şerbănica, Espinosa, E. Florescu, A. Jeno, R. Negru, Rotund, A. Said, C. Toma
Absent: M. Antoche (suspended), D. Rusu (injured)
Coach: A. Quail

Stadium: Rapid – Giulesti (Bucharest)
Referee: George Roman (Timișoara)
Assistanti: Daniel Mitruți (Craiova) and Raul Ghiciulescu (Lugoj)
VAR referee: Sorin Costreie (Volunteers)
Assistant VAR: Claudiu Marcu (Constanța)

A tough, difficult, important match awaits us, just like all the others. Slobozia is a good team, that runs and is organized. In attack they finish actions very quickly, we have to have a very good defensive balance and then be able to impose our game in attack and have that inspiration in front of goal to score goals. Slobozia did not surprise me. From the beginning of the championship they played very well. Andrei Prepelita is a good coach, who will be a future for us in Romania. He has experience, he played for teams in the country and abroad, he brought them a plus.
– Costel Gâlcă, coach Rapid

9goals scored by Rapid in the current championship, the fewest of all competitors.

A very difficult match awaits us, Rapid is a very strong team, it demonstrated in the first 13 stages, it comes after a success, we after a failure, but after a good match, in which we saw attitude, determination. We work week by week to become better and the boys, in the last week, in Craiova, showed us that it is possible even with ten people, and that's what makes me happy the most, that they didn't give up. I would like to see the same thing in Giulesti. We worked very well and tactically, we hope to surprise them. Guys need to find their motivation.
– Jean Vlădoiu, Unirea Slobozia coach

11of the 16 goals scored by Ialomi people were scored in the second half.

Rapid – Slobozia, statistics before the match

• Three victories (2-1 FC Botoșani, 2-0 UTA, 3-1 Farul), two draws and one defeat were recorded by the Giulești team in the current edition at home.

• Unirea won two of the seven trips (1-0 FCSB, 2-0 FC Hermannstadt), and two other times it ended in a draw.

• The two teams met in the main domestic competition only in the previous regular season, when Rapid prevailed in both matches with 2-1.

• 25 years is the average age of the group from Bucharest, two years and five months lower than the one recorded in the right of the group from Slobozia.

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