Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dinamo Bucureşti & U Craiova 1948 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Dinamo Bucureşti participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.The story so far in the Liga 2 for Dinamo Bucureşti at their home stadium (Stadionul Marin Anastasovici) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Bucureşti's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Ripensia Timisoara. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game was the away draw at FCM Baia Mare that finished 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dinamo Bucureşti as they are travelling to their away game against Metaloglobus in the Liga 2. That match is four days after this one.
Bucureşti are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dinamo Bucureşti defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for U Craiova 1948 so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Ganea was the last player to score for the away team. U Craiova 1948 haven't scored a league goal in the last 233 minutes.
Craiova play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Botosani. U Craiova 1948 were so close to getting something from the game against Botosani, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Chindia Targoviste.A quick return to home after this game, as Craiova are hosting Hermannstadt in the Liga 1 only four days away.
U Craiova 1948 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous three meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Dinamo Bucureşti, one draw and two wins for U Craiova 1948. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sidibe 3 goals |  B. Van Durmen 2 goals |  G. Iancu 2 goals |
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Dinamo Bucureşti | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 21 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Unirea Dej | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Otelul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | CSM Iasi | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Csikszereda | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Viitorul Selimbar | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | CSM Slatina | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Dumbrăviţa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Sirineasa | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Progresul Spartac | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | FCM Baia Mare | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Unirea Constanta | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timisoara | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 6 |
| 20 | Metaloglobus | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | FCSB | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Arges | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Botosani | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
