Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dumbrăviţa & UTA Arad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dumbrăviţa's stadium, Stadionul Ştefan Dobay, has a grass surface. UTA Arad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for UTA Arad when playing on grass; 6 wins, 16 draws and 15 losses from 37 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 38.
The visiting UTA Arad played their last game only three days ago, a Liga 1 match.
Dumbrăviţa form and stats
Dumbrăviţa have not come this way in the Romania Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Ghiroda. Dumbrăviţa participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Dumbrăviţa are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Liga 2 games here at Stadionul Ştefan Dobay.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dumbrăviţa, who played 1-1 against Sirineasa. That match was also played at this venue (Stadionul Ştefan Dobay).
A Liga 2 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Scolar Resita.The manager Stan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Mioveni in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Dumbrăviţa's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.
UTA Arad form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The Liga 1 season is young and UTA Arad have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
UTA Arad go into this game after a win, the home game against FCSB that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Universitatea Craiova's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the UTA Arad manager Rednic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sepsi.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arad as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Cooper 2 goals |  A. Fábry 2 goals |  C. Zurbagiu 1 goals |
Dumbrăviţa missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Dumbrăviţa | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12.8 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul Selimbar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Unirea Slobozia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Slatina | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Alexandria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Csikszereda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Sirineasa | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Argeş | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Dumbrăviţa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Metaloglobus | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Tunari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Progresul Spartac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Otelul | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Botoşani | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
