Rapid score first in only 18% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 79+ matches
Petrolul Ploiesti36%
Rapid36%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 79 home / 99 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under58
- Over42
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Petrolul Ploiesti ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Petrolul Ploiesti at home — creates 1.09, concedes 1.13 · 79 matches
Rapid away — creates 1.21, concedes 1.26 · 99 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Petrolul Ploiesti attack 1.09 + Rapid defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.18
Rapid attack 1.21 + Petrolul Ploiesti defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.17
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 36%?"
Petrolul Ploiesti at 36% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 36% does not mean "Petrolul Ploiesti will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
- Both teams score in 82% of Petrolul Ploiesti’s matches
- Both teams score in 73% of Rapid’s matches
- Petrolul Ploiesti sit 12, Rapid 2 in the table
- Petrolul Ploiesti fall short of their xG (0.5 vs 1.2 expected)
- Their last 10 meetings averaged just 1.5 goals
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Petrolul Ploiesti host Rapid on Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 16:00. The match is part of the Liga I 2018/2019 season.
Preview: Petrolul Ploiesti host Rapid
August 22, 2026: Petrolul Ploiesti take on Rapid in Liga I. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.
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