Dinamo Bucureşti welcomes Astra to this second leg of the Romania Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Bucureşti nor Astra 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.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against FCSB.3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Romania Cup for Dinamo Bucureşti. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bucureşti after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Bucureşti supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hermannstadt in Liga 1 and win 2-0. In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus CSM Iasi with a 2-1 scoreline.
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 Bucureşti have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost five.
Bucureşti have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Dinamo Bucureşti have scored 0 goals and conceded 3 times.
Astra form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.When we have look at the Romania Cup statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Recent form does not give Astra much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Dinamo Bucureşti will be a tough nut to crack.
Astra are travelling again after losing away to Gaz Metan Medias in their previous match (1-2). The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against UTA Arad.
Astra were so close to getting something from the game against Gaz Metan Medias, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Astra in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Astra, five draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Voluntari in just four days.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Astra - Dinamo Bucureşti 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Dinamo Bucureşti victory, three draws and six Astra wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gheorghe 8 goals |  D. Sorescu 6 goals |  P. Anton 5 goals |
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
Astra missing players
| Dinamo Bucureşti | Astra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 19 | 29 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 30% | ||