lighthouse – Rapid it is the second match of the day in the Superliga. The match will start at 17:00 and will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1. For the two teams, it is the first match after they missed the qualification in the “quarters” of the Romanian Betano Cup.
Farul – Rapid, LIVE from 17:00
HERE, information about the match + the history of direct duels
Starting teams at Farul – Rapid: Gâlcă started Talisson for the first time
THE LIGHTHOUSE (4-3-3): R. Munteanu – D. Maftei, I. Larie, Gustavo Marins, L. Pellegrini – Vînă, Dican, Radaslavescu – Işfan, Alibec, C. Ganea
Reserves: Buzbuchi, Ş. Duțu, Tîru, Fotin, Sîrbu, Ramalho, Banu, Goncear, Doicaru, Sima, Vojtus, Markovic
Coach: Ianis Zicu
FAST (4-3-3): Aioani – Manea, Pașcanu, Ciubotariu, Borza – Christensen, Keita, Grameni – Dobre, Talisson, Petrila
reserves: Iliev, Briciu, Bolgado, Onea, Vulturar, Hromada, G. GHeorghe, A. Șucu, Moruțan, Hazrollaj, Paraschiv
Coach: Constantin Galca
- Stadium: “Gheorghe Hagi” Academy
- Referee: Kovacs Szabolcs (Carei)
- Assistants: Badea Marius (Râmnicu Vâlcea), Corb Ioan Alexandru (Satu Mare)
- VAR referee: Popa Cătălin (Pitesti)
- VAR Assistant: Marinescu Vasile (Bucharest)
Ianis Zicu and Constantin Gâlcă missed one of the two objectives clearly outlined by the management at the beginning of the season. They didn't catch the upper phase of the Romanian Cup, so at this moment the championship is a priority for the two teams.
Six wins, four draws and only three defeats is the record recorded by Farul in the current championship at home. Instead, with seven wins, four draws and two lost games, the Giulești team finished the previous round at the top of the ranking regarding matches played away from home.
Ianis Zicu has resigned himself to the play-offs, but dreams of Europe: “We are thinking about the other goal”
“The disappointment is great!”. Costel Gâlcă, after Rapid has only one goal left: “Attitude!”
Marian Aioani, before the reunion with the former team: “The lighthouse is not only in Denis Alibec”
The most important statistical information about the match
- Rapid scored 13 goals from set pieces, six of which were from corners.
- Farul is the team with the most successful dribbles – 241 (Rapid – 175).
- If it will be used, Olimpiu Moruțan will mark the match with the number 150 in the Romanian Superliga.
- Since the return of the people from Giulio on the first stage in 2021, the two teams have met in the main domestic competition 13 times, the Dobrogeans won five times, the people from Bucharest prevailed four times, and four other games ended in a draw.
- The last success ticked by the people of Constanta: April 24, 2024, Farul-Rapid 3-1.
- The most recent direct Superliga match: October 4, 2025, Rapid-Farul 3-1 (Alexandru Dobre – “double”, Elvir Koljic / Ionuț Vînă)
The up-to-date ranking from the Superliga
