Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dumbrăviţa & CSM Iaşi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dumbrăviţa and CSM Iaşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dumbrăviţa form and stats
Action has already taken place for Dumbrăviţa in Romania Cup as they have defeated Avantul Periam to reach the Play-offs. Dumbrăviţa was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Romania Cup.Three Liga 2 home games done for Dumbrăviţa, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches.
A good away victory last time out for Dumbrăviţa, who won 4-3 against FCM Baia Mare. A goal frenzy last time out for Dumbrăviţa, with a total of 7 goals in the match against FCM Baia Mare. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that one, a fine away win at Avantul Periam. A Romania Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dumbrăviţa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ripensia Timişoara are coming to town in four days.
At Stadionul Ştefan Dobay, Dumbrăviţa has the goal stats of 3-9 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stiinta Miroslava in order to reach play-offs of Romania Cup. CSM Iaşi's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the round of 32.The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Iaşi goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Unirea Slobozia in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Previously, the Romania Cup win away at Stiinta Miroslava. CSM Iaşi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FCM Baia Mare in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting CSM Iaşi as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Vașvari 2 goals |  S. Harrison 2 goals |  C. Zurbagiu 1 goals |
Dumbrăviţa missing players
CSM Iaşi missing players
| Dumbrăviţa | CSM Iaşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 12 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 13.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Otelul | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Viitorul Selimbar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | CSM Iaşi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Csikszereda | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Sirineasa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | CSM Slatina | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | Progresul Spartac | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | FCM Baia Mare | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Dumbrăviţa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timişoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
