National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dacia Unirea Brăila or Petrolul 52 that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an engaging game with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!
Dacia Unirea Brăila form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Dacia Unirea Brăila are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Liga 2 games here. Two draws in a row at home now for Unirea.
The fans are hoping that Unirea will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Liga 2 game against Petrolul 52. As you see from the result above, Dacia Unirea Brăila suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Unirea had a Romania Cup home game versus Otelul which ended with a victory 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Concordia Chiajna are coming to town in three days.
Dacia Unirea Brăila has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul was sent out of Romania Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Things could have gone better for Petrolul 52 in their Liga 2 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Petrolul have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 292 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 2.
It's the second away game in a row for Petrolul, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Plopeni in the Romania Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Petrolul was the only team on the pitch versus Plopeni in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Dacia Unirea Brăila in the Liga 2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga 2 trip to Unirea Slobozia.
Petrolul 52 have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding three meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Unirea, zero draws and three wins for Petrolul 52. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Diarra 5 goals |  G. Raducan 2 goals | M. Bratu 2 goals |
Dacia Unirea Brăila missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Dacia Unirea Brăila | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 64 | 35 | Scored | S | 23 | 42 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.1 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Ripensia Timişoara | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Iasi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Dunarea Calarasi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 17 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | Csikszereda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | -21 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |