National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Csikszereda or Chindia Târgovişte that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Csikszereda form and stats
Csikszereda participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Csikszereda 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.
A good away victory last time out for Csikszereda, who won 2-1 against ASU Poli Timisoara.
Previous to that game, a Liga 2 home match hosting Universitatea Cluj in a game that was won 3-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Csikszereda, as the Liga 2 home game vs SCM Gloria Buzau is only three days away.
The Csikszereda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
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. Chindia Târgovişte goalkeeper Dinu Bogdan Moldovan is eager to challenge this, with his 201 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Daniel Popa (2) secured the home win 2-0 against SSC Farul in their previous game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Mioveni.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chindia Târgovişte manager E. Săndoi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Arges.
Goals are few and far between in Târgovişte's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Jelena 3 goals |  D. Popa 3 goals |  D. Florea 2 goals |
Csikszereda missing players
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
| Csikszereda | Chindia Târgovişte | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 |
| 5 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Ripensia Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Dunarea Calarasi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -17 | 2 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | -27 | 1 |
| 20 | Astra | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | -2 |
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Botosani | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Chindia Târgovişte | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Arges | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 2 |