National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Afumaţi or Rapid Bucuresti that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been limited time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a 3. Liga: Series 3 fixture only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Recolta Gheorghe Doja, was also a home game here at Stadionul Afumaţi. The away team is better rested.
Afumaţi form and stats
Afumaţi have reached this Romania Cup stage through battling and winning against Metaloglobus and Recolta Gheorghe Doja. Afumaţi was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Romania Cup.The Afumaţi supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadionul Afumaţi: A 1-2 defeat against Recolta Gheorghe Doja.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Agricola Borcea.Afumaţi are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga: Series 3 match at Gloria Baneasa awaits in three days.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W3-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Sefer and Luckassen scored in Rapid Bucuresti's previous match, the home game against Mioveni that ended 2-1. Luckassen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Mioveni last time out, making the manager Mutu feel like a tactical genius.
A 0-1 defeat away at U Craiova 1948 before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rapid Bucuresti as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Bucuresti are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Afumaţi victories, two draws and zero Rapid Bucuresti wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 3 goals |  I. Morais Junior 1 goals |
Afumaţi missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Afumaţi | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 85 | 55 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Arges | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Botosani | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | FCSB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Chindia Targoviste | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
