Perhaps a welcome break from league football as CSA Steaua Bucureşti & Universitatea Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither CSA Steaua Bucureşti nor Universitatea Cluj 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.
CSA Steaua Bucureşti form and stats
Bucureşti was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Romania Cup.CSA Steaua Bucureşti have played three Liga 2 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw vs Universitatea Cluj in the Romania Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Liga 2 home game that ended 1-1 versus CSM Slatina.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the CSA Steaua Bucureşti at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the final.2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Universitatea Cluj playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to CSA Steaua Bucureşti in their previous outing. The Romania Cup battle ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Universitatea Craiova.Universitatea Cluj are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by Universitatea in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - zero - three (CSA Steaua Bucureşti wins - draws - Universitatea Cluj wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Chipirliu 5 goals |   D. Nistor 5 goals | D. Popa 3 goals |
CSA Steaua Bucureşti missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| CSA Steaua Bucureşti | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 8.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Dumbravita | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Chindia Targoviste | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Arges | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | CSM Slatina | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Sirineasa | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Csikszereda | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Alexandria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Tunari | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Progresul Spartac | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -15 | 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 | 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 |
