Rapid v UTA, the match count of the 28th stage of the Romanian championship, scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, from 21:00 at Giulesti Stadium, will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and First Sport 1 .

Rapid, in crisis after the debacle in Iasi and the scandal involving Aleksandra Alba and Andrii Borza, have a difficult task ahead of UTA, a team in full form who are reaching the play-off positions.

Rapid are 3rd with 48 points, the same as second-placed CFR Cluj, but 10 behind leaders FCSB, and this comes after their first defeat since 2024, a 1-3 away record in ” Poly Iasi”, a result that interrupted a series of five consecutive victories in the Super League.

In matches played at home this season, the team coached by Cristiano Bergodi has eight wins, two draws and three defeats, and their top scorer is Albion Rahmani with nine wins in the Super League (Rapid are the top scorers at home this season championship, 28 goals in 13 matches).

Giulesti will not be betting on Aleksandra Alba and Andrii Borza for the match against UTA, left out of the squad indefinitely after the players spent time at the club following the defeat at the Paula Jassa.

“We will see with UTA if the players have understood something. move This is. After five victories, there was also a defeat, we must move forward, because this is not the end of the country,” said Cristiano Bergodi.

UTA is in 7th place with 37 points, compared to 6th-placed Hermannstadt, the last position that secures access to the play-offs, and has four wins and a draw in its last five league matches and in the previous stage was won at home against Petrolulu with a score of 1:0.

The team coached by Mircea Rednik has three wins, five draws and five defeats in their away matches in the current league, and their top scorers are Andrej Fabri and Claudio Micoveski, who each have five goals in the Super League.

Aredeni have lost just once in 2024, 0-4 away to FCSB, and they have three loanees from Rapid in Claudio Mikowski, Katalin Vulturar and Rares Pop.

“We are there, we have a chance, the teams we played were not above us, although we did not offer the playoffs,” Mircea Rednik said.

In the tour match, which took place on October 20, 2023, UTA and “Rapid” played a draw in Oradea (the pitch was changed at the stadium in Arad) with the score 2:2 with goals from R. Pope (19) and Lucassen (75). ), respectively, Funsho Bamgboye (12, 45).

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on the PsF1 prediction: the hosts lead at half-time or prevail at the end of the match Rapid – UTA.

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