National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Concordia Chiajna or Universitatea Cluj that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Concordia Chiajna form and stats
Action has already taken place for Concordia Chiajna in Romania Cup as they have defeated Popesti-Leordeni to reach the Play-offs. Concordia Chiajna was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Romania Cup.When playing at home in the Liga 2, Concordia Chiajna have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.
The Concordia club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadionul Concordia: A 0-1 defeat against Viitorul Selimbar.
In the match before, 0-0 away to Popesti-Leordeni (Romania Cup).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Concordia Chiajna as they are travelling to their away game against ASU Poli Timisoara in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Concordia Chiajna here at Stadionul Concordia in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games). Concordia have conceded 7 from these games.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Universitatea Cluj have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Universitatea Cluj goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Universitatea Cluj won their last game, 1-0 versus Chindia Târgovişte played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Neagoe when Fülöp scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Preceding that game was the away Liga 1 victory against Mioveni with the score of 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Universitatea manager Neagoe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Botosani.
The attacking power of Universitatea Cluj when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Universitatea Cluj in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Concordia wins - draws - Universitatea Cluj wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 3 goals |   A. Llullaku 2 goals | M. Ndiaye 1 goals |
Concordia Chiajna missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Concordia Chiajna | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 34% | ||
| 11.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | 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 | Otelul | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Viitorul Selimbar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Csikszereda | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Şirineaşa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | CSM Slatina | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | Progresul Spartac | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Brașov Steagul Renașt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | FCM Baia Mare | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Dumbravita | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timisoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 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 | SSC Farul | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Arges | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Botosani | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | FCSB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Chindia Târgovişte | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
