The league table is allowed to rest as Astra and Dinamo Bucureşti battle for Romania Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Astra and Dinamo Bucureşti.
Astra form and stats
Last season, Astra's Romania Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.The story so far in the Liga 1 for Astra at their home stadium (Stadionul Marin Anastasovici) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. On the other hand, in the Romania Cup, Astra has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The last three games played by Astra, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Two draws in a row at home now for Astra.
M. Montini was the last player to score a league goal for Astra and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Astra haven't scored in 191 minutes. Astra are confident in defense, having played 227 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
0-0 away at Gaz Metan Medias before that.
Astra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Astra's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Bucureşti was sent out of Romania Cup in the semi-finals last season, when FCSB turned out to be too strong.There's been little loot from Dinamo Bucureşti's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Dinamo Bucureşti only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. When we have look at the Romania Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Bucureşti are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the UTA Arad fixture. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bucureşti are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting CFR Cluj's place.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bucureşti as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. Bucureşti have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Astra, three draws and two wins for Dinamo Bucureşti. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gheorghe 6 goals | M. Montini 4 goals |  D. Sorescu 4 goals |
Astra missing players
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
| Astra | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 10 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 63 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botosani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Viitorul | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -36 | 22 |