National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Bucureşti or Argeş that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dinamo Bucureşti and Argeş.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Dinamo Bucureşti have to build on here at Stadionul Ştefan cel Mare in the Liga 1. All in all it has been a very rough period for Dinamo Bucureşti who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Academica Clinceni, 84 days ago.
Bucureşti drew their last game, also a home match. Rapid Bucuresti was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gaz Metan Medias (1-2).Dinamo Bucureşti has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Bucureşti have conceded 11 from these games.
Argeş form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Liga 1.
Argeş play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Voluntari.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against SSC Farul in the Liga 1.Argeş have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Argeş's manager M. Ianovschi has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Bucureşti won six games, zero matches ended with a draw and Argeş got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourDinamo Bucureşti missing players
Argeş missing players
| Dinamo Bucureşti | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | FCSB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Botosani | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Argeş | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Sepsi | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -18 | 8 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -19 | 3 |