National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chindia Târgovişte or Sepsi that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Târgovişte and Sepsi.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
Chindia Târgovişte participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Chindia Târgovişte have to build on here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the Liga 1.
Târgovişte drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sepsi.
Before that, Târgovişte drew at home versus Rapid Bucuresti.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chindia Târgovişte, as the Liga 1 home game vs CFR Cluj is only four days away.
The Chindia Târgovişte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. Chindia Târgovişte have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Sepsi form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Sepsi have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
219 minutes! That's how long the Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Sepsi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Chindia Târgovişte that finished 0-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Academica Clinceni at their stadium, the result 2-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sepsi as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Chindia Târgovişte-Sepsi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Târgovişte one win, Sepsi four wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Popa 4 goals |  D. Popadiuc 3 goals |  M. Ştefănescu 3 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 76% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 2.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | FCSB | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Arges | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Botosani | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Chindia Târgovişte | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 17 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -25 | 4 |