The match of the 18th stage of the Romanian championship “Botosani” – “Rapid” is scheduled for Saturday, December 2, at 17:00 at the Municipal Stadium and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and First Sport 1. .

In the most unbalanced match of the 18th stage of the Super League, Botosani, a team that seems doomed for relegation, and Rapid, who are aiming for 1-3 place, met.

Botosani are 16th, bottom with just 8 points, ten behind 14th-placed FCU 1948 Craiova, the last place that allows them to defy the promotion and promotion barrier, and comes after two draws and three defeats in the last five matches of the championship, and at the previous stage lost away to “Petrolulu” with a score of 1-2.

The team, currently coached by Andrii Patache, appointed on an interim basis following the sacking of Dan Alexa, are the only team in the Super League without a win and have the weakest defense in the league with 35 goals conceded in 17 games.

In eight home matches this season, Botosani has recorded five draws and three defeats, while Eduardo Florescu is the team’s top scorer with seven goals in the Super League.

“I refuse to believe that we are doomed to relegation! I can only say that I will not give up and will bring the coach and other players to the team. 10 points between us and FCU 1948 Craiova, I say they are a playoff team, not a playoff team. Who should we put under us? However, I will not give up and we will fight until the end,” said Valeriu Iftime, Botosani team boss.

Rapid sit in 3rd place with 30 points, seven behind leaders FCSB and just one above Craiova University, and come off the back of a painful 2-3 home defeat to Cluj after leading on points 2-0, a setback that ended a 13-game unbeaten streak (11 in the league and two in the Romanian Cup).

In the current away season, Rapid have three wins, four draws and one loss, with Albion Rrahmani as the team’s top scorer with six goals in the Super League, but the Kosovar forward will not play again this year, recovering from a serious injury (Marko Dugandzic also scored six heads, in the meantime moved to “Al-Tai” in Saudi Arabia).

“You will not hear from me that Botoshani is the perfect victim, that would be arrogant. Only someone who has not played football at a real level does not know that every match is difficult. There will be difficult moments in Botoshan, the terrain is not extraordinary. We have something to lose and nothing to gain,” Cristiano Bergodi said.

In a tour match held in Giulesti on 28 July 2023, Rapid and Botosani drew 2-2 after goals from Dugandzic (14, 82p), Pinson (51) and Florescu (59) respectively. However, the last time these two teams met in the Romanian Cup was on September 28, 2023, when they quickly won 3-1 in Botosani (I. Cristia 17, Jakob 21, Panoiu 53 respectively, Kasap 81).

Superbet offers odds of 1.85 on prediction 2: away win in the match Botosani – Rapid.

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