National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinamo Bucureşti or U Craiova 1948 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Dinamo Bucureşti nor U Craiova 1948 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 group stage.With {1 Liga 1 wins}, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Dinamo Bucureşti are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Dinamo Bucureşti are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 339 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Gregório).
The Bucureşti crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to SSC Farul here at Stadion Dinamo.
Preceding that match was a Liga 1 defeat to U Craiova 1948 (0-1).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 Dinamo Bucureşti have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Dinamo Bucureşti are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Otelul awaits in three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Dinamo Bucureşti means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bucureşti defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 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 quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, U Craiova 1948 have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for U Craiova 1948 in their previous game as they lost hosting Otelul, 0-2.
Preceding that game was the away Liga 1 victory against Dinamo Bucureşti with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by U Craiova 1948 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for U Craiova 1948, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The visiting U Craiova 1948 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Craiova have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
U Craiova 1948 have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Dinamo Bucureşti.Top Goalscorers
  A. Chițu 6 goals |   G. Almeida Gregório 3 goals | B. Van Durmen 3 goals |
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Dinamo Bucureşti | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Otelul | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Botosani | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
