National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt or Universitatea Cluj that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Universitatea Cluj played their last game only three days ago, a Liga 1 match. That game, against Hermannstadt, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Universitatea Cluj.
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt form and stats
Ceahlaul have not come this way in the Romania Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Somuz Falticeni and Bucovina Radauti. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Only two Liga 2 home games for Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Mioveni here at Stadionul Municipal Ceahlăul.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sirineasa and winning 2-0.The manager Pustai will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tunari in only three days.
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Universitatea's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Universitatea Cluj have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far.
Universitatea Cluj are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Hermannstadt.
Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus CFR Cluj.After this away game Universitatea Cluj return home for a Liga 1 game against CSM Iaşi. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Universitatea have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Universitatea Cluj have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt.The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Nistor 4 goals |  A. Chipciu 3 goals |   M. Savu 2 goals |
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 95% | 167% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul Selimbar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Unirea Slobozia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Slatina | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Alexandria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Csikszereda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Sirineasa | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Argeş | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Dumbrăviţa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Metaloglobus | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Tunari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Progresul Spartac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Otelul | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Botoşani | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
