Universitatea Craiova vs Rapid Bucuresti betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on August 31st, 2024

Universitatea Craiova will be playing against Rapid Bucuresti in a Liga 1 football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 18:30h (UTC), in Romania, check the Universitatea Craiova vs Rapid Bucuresti betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Universitatea Craiova vs Rapid Bucuresti will occur

The game takes place in the small Complexul Sportiv Raional stadium, in the city of Orhei, with a capacity for 2539 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Universitatea Craiova vs Rapid Bucuresti betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga 1 has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.59 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.46 goals per match played.

Universitatea Craiova last match

In the last match they played, Universitatea Craiova collected a defeat. The opposing team was Dinamo Bucureşti, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-1 - was valid for Liga 1. Coach C. Gâlcă's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 3.10, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Rapid Bucuresti last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the CSM Iaşi team with a final score of 1-2.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 1.90.

Universitatea Craiova vs Rapid Bucuresti h2h

Rapid Bucuresti was in 5th place in the Liga 1 while Universitatea Craiova was in 4th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Rapid Bucuresti team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Universitatea Craiova used in the match.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga 1. The meeting took place on 29-04-2024 and ended with a 1-2 win for Universitatea Craiova.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Universitatea Craiova team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Rapid Bucuresti team, which won only 1 game.

Universitatea Craiova

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Universitatea Craiova team with 14 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

In the 8th round, Universitatea Cluj, that is in the 1st place, has a small advantage of 1 point.

Universitatea Craiova analysis

Universitatea Craiova at the end of round 7 in Liga 1 had 14 goals scored and 6 conceded.

The Universitatea Craiova team comes from a defeat in the Liga 1, and its coach Constantin Gâlcă wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The Universitatea Craiova team typically attempts to achieve an average ball possession of 59% to control the game. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents.

In comparison to Rapid Bucuresti 619 attacks and 9 goals, Universitatea Craiova has had 787 attacks and 14 goals.

Best goalscorer from Universitatea Craiova

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Alexandru Mitriță so far in the competition. With 5 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Universitatea Craiova to achieve victorious results this season.

Rapid Bucuresti

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 8 points won, Rapid Bucuresti is in 10th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 1 loss, plus 5 draws.

Rapid Bucuresti analysis

After round 7 of Liga 1 we count 9 goals scored by Rapid Bucuresti and 9 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Rapid Bucuresti

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Claudiu Adrian Mihai Petrila so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Rapid Bucuresti to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Rapid Bucuresti scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.15.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.43 corners per game.

Universitatea Craiova is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.43 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Universitatea Craiova in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Universitatea Craiova has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 7 rounds, while Rapid Bucuresti has an average of 1.9. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.57 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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