Down To Ten
Oţelul
Oţelul played the closing 12 minutes a man down after a 78′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 78′
- Player
- Patrick Fernandes
Liga I · Matchday 8Oţelul
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
Rapid
A. Pascanu 90'
Liga I
Matchday 8Oţelul0–1Rapid
0.39
Expected goals
2.97
78′90′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: OŢE 0.39, RAP 2.97.
Match report
Oţelul 0-1 Rapid
Rapid edged out Oţelul 1-0 at Stadionul Oțelul in Liga I. Pascanu opened the scoring for Rapid on 90'.
Expected goals finished Oţelul 0.39, Rapid 2.97. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The game turned on a dismissal: Fernandes was sent off on 78', leaving Oţelul 12 minutes to play a man short. It was settled late — Pascanu struck on 90' to swing it Rapid's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rapid graded out for wasteful finishing — 2.97 expected goals and 1 goals. Rapid graded out for better chances — 0.16 xg per shot and 19 v 12 shots.
Alexandru Paşcanu came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Rapid from 1 goal and 1 shot.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
48%Possession52%
12Shots19
0.39xG2.97
What the numbers say
6 readsWasteful Finishing
Rapid
Rapid created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 2.97 xG for 1 goal.
- Expected goals
- 2.97
- Goals
- 1
- Shortfall
- −1.97
Better Chances
Rapid
Rapid did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.16 xG per attempt against 0.03.
- xG per shot
- 0.16
- Opponent
- 0.03
- Shots
- 19 v 12
Box Occupation
Rapid
Rapid kept getting bodies into the area — 74% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 19
- Share
- 74%
- xG per shot
- 0.16
Timeline
Patrick Fernandes
Foul
🟨18'
Half-time
🔄46'
V. Bubanja ↑ M. Kamara ↓
🔄58'
C. Manea ↑ R. Onea ↓
🔄58'
C. B. Doumbia ↑ C. Vulturar ↓
Joao Paulino ↑ A. Ciobanu ↓
🔄72'
D. Bordun ↑ M. Frunza ↓
🔄72'
Patrick Fernandes
Foul
🟨78'
Patrick Fernandes
Foul
🟥78'
🔄79'
W. L. Ouedraogo ↑ E. Annan ↓
Pedro Nuno
Argument
🟨80'
🔄80'
J. Kodor ↑ C. Grameni ↓
Ze Turbo ↑ N. Pedro ↓
🔄81'
M. Zhelev ↑ T. Lungu ↓
🔄88'
⚽90'
A. Pascanu — assist: O. Morutan
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadionul Oțelul, Galati
RefereeMarian Barbu, Romania
CompetitionLiga I
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished