National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chindia Târgovişte or Hermannstadt that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga 1 match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sepsi, was also a home game here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici. The away team is better rested.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
Chindia Târgovişte was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Romania Cup.Chindia Târgovişte have played 5 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Târgovişte, their manager E. Săndoi and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Târgovişte crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Sepsi here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in a Liga 1 match. In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus Universitatea Craiova with a 1-0 scoreline.
Târgovişte aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Chindia Târgovişte's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hermannstadt form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hermannstadt so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus Astra with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw at Sepsi's stadium before that.
Hermannstadt are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Hermannstadt have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: zero - three - five (Chindia Târgovişte wins - draws - Hermannstadt wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Florea 2 goals |  D. Popa 2 goals |  R. Santos Pires 2 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 177 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 182 | ||
| 55 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 71 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 24 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Viitorul | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Botosani | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Arges | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Astra | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 8 |