Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Argeş & Botoşani face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Argeş form and stats
Last season, Argeş's Romania Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Argeş have collected 3 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 1-0-3.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Argeş, as their goalkeeper George Mihai Micle has completely shut out the opponents for 330 minutes in the Liga 1.
Argeş enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Academica Clinceni's place. The match ended 1-0 with Grigore Ioan Turda scoring.
Before that, Argeş had a Liga 1 home game versus U Craiova 1948 which ended with a victory 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chindia Targoviste are coming to town in three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Argeş means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Argeş have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani was sent out of Romania Cup in the 8th finals last season.4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Botoşani playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Botoşani, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Dinamo Bucuresti in the Liga 1 last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs CFR Cluj.A quick return to home after this game, as Botoşani are hosting U Craiova 1948 in the Liga 1 only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Botoşani have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former two meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Argeş, zero draws and one win for Botoşani. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tănase 3 goals |   H. Ongenda 3 goals |  G. Turda 2 goals |
Argeş missing players
Botoşani missing players
| Argeş | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Argeş | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 2 |