Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rapid Bucuresti 3rd with 35 points, Olimpia Satu Mare 869th with 0, 35 apart. Olimpia Satu Mare's recent output outran their position: 657th on form over five rounds, 869th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Olimpia Satu Mare 1 scored and 4 conceded per game, Rapid Bucuresti 1.94 and 1, with the league averaging 1.57.
Olimpia Satu Mare entered with three wins in a row. Defeat had not touched Rapid Bucuresti in 6 games.
Stadionul Daniel Prodan in Satu Mare staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,200.


