Match Report
35 points for Rapid Bucuresti (3rd), 23 for Shakhtar Donetsk (27th): a 12-point gap. Rapid Bucuresti had been under-performing their position — 51st on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.57 goals per team per game, Rapid Bucuresti ran at 1.94 scored and 1 conceded, Shakhtar Donetsk at 1.57 and 1.14.
Shakhtar Donetsk entered with 11 wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The match was played at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in Bucureşti (capacity 9,513).


