National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dumbrăviţa or Rapid Bucuresti that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Dumbrăviţa form and stats
Last season, Dumbrăviţa's Romania Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Dumbrăviţa have played 5 Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Dumbrăviţa's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-4 versus Rapid Bucuresti (in Romania Cup).
Previous to that game, a Liga 2 home match hosting CSM Slatina in a game that was won 2-1.Dumbrăviţa has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W4-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Two travels in a row for Rapid Bucuresti, whose coach Mutu could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Dumbrăviţa.
Preceding that game was the away Liga 1 victory against Hermannstadt with the score of 2-0.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Dumbrăviţa - Rapid Bucuresti 1-4. Albu loves to meet Dumbrăviţa and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 3 goals |  C. Toma 2 goals |
Dumbrăviţa missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Dumbrăviţa | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 12.7 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 |
