National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Argeş or Universitatea Craiova that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Argeş nor Universitatea Craiova as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Argeş form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Voluntari.Argeş have collected 14 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 4-2-4.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Rapid Bucuresti last time out and are looking for a victory here.
1-1 away at Universitatea Cluj before that.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). 12 goals have been conceded.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the semi-finals against Sepsi.3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Universitatea Craiova playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
Universitatea Craiova have a lot to prove after their out-of-character defeat (0-2) to U Craiova 1948 in their previous outing, played at home.
Before that, Universitatea Craiova travelled to Chindia Târgovişte and returned home with a draw after the Liga 1 game finished 1-1.10 goals have been conceded by Universitatea in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Argeş two wins, two draws and Universitatea Craiova six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Garita 6 goals |   A. Crețu 4 goals |  A. Ivan 4 goals |
Argeş missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Argeş | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.1 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 10.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.1 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Argeş | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
