National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aerostar Bacău or Csikszereda that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga 2 game only four days ago.
Aerostar Bacău form and stats
Aerostar Bacău have not come this way in the Romania Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sporting Liesti and Dinamo Bacau. Last season, Aerostar Bacău's Romania Cup journey ended in the 4th round.The Aerostar followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadionul Aerostar: A 2-3 defeat against Metalul Buzau.
In the game before, an away victory in the 3. Liga: Series 2 match versus Viitorul Ianca with a 4-2 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aerostar Bacău as they are travelling to their away game against Dinamo Bacau in the 3. Liga: Series 2. That match is three days after this one.
Csikszereda form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Csikszereda have six points from their first three away games in the Liga 2, meaning two victories and a loss.
Impressive finishing from Kelemen, Sándor and Kovács secured the home win 3-0 against FCM Baia Mare in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away Liga 2 victory against Unirea Slobozia with the score of 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Csikszereda now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 2 game at Ripensia Timisoara is waiting in only three days.
Csikszereda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings featuring these teams: Aerostar Bacău won five, Csikszereda triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Kovacs 3 goals |  D. Kelemen 2 goals | S. Jebari 2 goals |
Aerostar Bacău missing players
Csikszereda missing players
| Aerostar Bacău | Csikszereda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 54 | 33 | Scored | S | 32 | 60 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 9.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Unirea Slobozia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | CSM Iasi | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Unirea Dej | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Csikszereda | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Otelul | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Viitorul Selimbar | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Progresul Spartac | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Sirineasa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | CSM Slatina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | FCM Baia Mare | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Ripensia Timisoara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Dumbravita | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Metaloglobus | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
