National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sheriff or Saxan that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Sheriff saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the National Division. This match was also played here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Saxan have had more rest.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Saxan have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 2-4-24 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff participated in Moldovan Cup the last season, where they reached the final.This stadium, Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena, has been a fortress for Sheriff in the National Division so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-0-1. Sheriff haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus CSF Bălți, 117 days ago.
Sheriff are confident in defense, having played 479 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sheriff's previous game was a National Division match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus CSF Bălți. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that, an away loss at Inter in the Champions League.There will be little rest for Sheriff after this match as they are travelling to Petrocub for a National Division game in only four days.
Sheriff always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena with 19 goals in 6 league games. Sheriff have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Saxan form and stats
They also participated in Moldovan Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Saxan have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Division A, after 2-2-7 (11 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Saxan have lost on their last two travels.
Saxan are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Moldovan Cup against Sporting Trestieni.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Sucleia in the Moldovan Cup.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Saxan have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. As for defending, Saxan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: eight - one - zero (Sheriff wins - draws - Saxan wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Sheriff missing players
Saxan missing players
| Sheriff | Saxan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Scored | S | 12 | 51 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrocub | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Milsami | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Sheriff | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
| 4 | CSF Bălți | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 5 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 23 | -25 | 17 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Floresti | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -35 | -6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Codru Lozova | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 48 |
| 2 | Floresti | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | Singerei | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | Victoria Bardar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Granicerul | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Saxan | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Ungheni | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 39 | -15 | 28 |
| 8 | Cahul | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Sireti | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Real Succes | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 36 | -26 | 22 |
| 10 | Spicul Chiscareni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | CS Sparta | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | -17 | 21 |
| 12 | Iskra Moldova | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 20 |