National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's CSM Slatina or Dunărea Călăraşi that keep their silverware dream alive.
Dunărea Călăraşi could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 2 game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Brasov Steagul Renast. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
CSM Slatina form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.With seven home 3. Liga; Series 6 games in a row without a win, the Slatina fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Sporting Turnu game long ago, can be stopped today.
A strong away win for Slatina against Alexandria the last match.
In the match before that, Slatina hosted Minerul Costesti and drew the 3. Liga; Series 6 game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Slatina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Slatina, as the 3. Liga; Series 6 home game vs Filiasi is only four days away.
Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats
Dunărea Călăraşi's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2. Călăraşi are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Rapid Bucuresti fixture.
Dunărea Călăraşi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Brasov Steagul Renast.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Unirea Constanta in the Liga 2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Călăraşi in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Dunărea Călăraşi, six draws and four defeats.
Călăraşi have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Călăraşi have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
CSM Slatina-Dunărea Călăraşi H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Slatina zero wins, Dunărea Călăraşi two wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Stoica 2 goals | A. Bedea 1 goals | B. Matei 1 goals |
CSM Slatina missing players
Dunărea Călăraşi missing players
| CSM Slatina | Dunărea Călăraşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 6 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 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 Iaşi | 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 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 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 |