National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Botoşani or Rapid Bucuresti that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Rapid Bucuresti played their last game only three days ago, a Liga 1 match.
Botoşani form and stats
Last season, Botoşani's Romania Cup journey ended in the group stage.0-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Botoşani so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Botoşani, who played 2-2 against UTA Arad. That match was also played at this venue (Stadionul Municipal).
Preceding that game was the away draw at CSM Iasi that finished 1-1.The manager Alexa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Universitatea Craiova in only three days.
Botoşani have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Bucuresti won their last game, 3-1 versus CFR Cluj played at home.
Before that, Rapid Bucuresti travelled to Otelul and returned home with a draw after the Liga 1 game finished 0-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bucuresti manager Bergodi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hermannstadt.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Rapid Bucuresti are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Rapid Bucuresti have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Bucuresti have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Botoşani.Top Goalscorers
  A. Rrahmani 6 goals |  C. Petrila 3 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Botoşani | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | C | 27 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 44% | ||
| 9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Otelul | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Botoşani | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
