20:00 Iasi – Rapid Bucharest

CSM Studentesc Iasi is a newly promoted team in the Romanian Liga I, but obviously with enough potential to keep its place in this league for the next season, as the hosts are currently on 9th position in the standings, with good advantage in front of the teams in the relegation zone (nine points).

As it can be expected, the hosts rely almost entirely on their games at “Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu”, where they managed to win half of their previous fourteen games, with four draws and only three defeats in this period (7-4-3 18-14).

CSM Studentesc Iasi is without a single mistake in its six games at this stadium after the winter break (6-0-0 8-0), but it should be noted, that most of those six games were against teams with limited potential like CS Gaz Metan Medias (1-0), FC Universitatea Cluj (2-0), FC Brasov (1-0) and FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (2-0), as well as against a team with big crisis like FC Dinamo Bucuresti (1-0).

FC Rapid Bucuresti is in the relegation zone (15th position / 7-8-14 18-35), but this team showed some signs of improvement under new manager Cristiano Bergodi and won seven points from its last three games in the league (2-1-0 5-3).

The visitors made some good transfers during the winter break and now FC Rapid Bucuresti is a team, whose potential is above the average level for the standards of this league.

The motivation of the home team may not be on so high level today and I think FC Rapid Bucuresti is a team with enough potential to benefit from this.