National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FCM Baia Mare or Hermannstadt that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FCM Baia Mare and Hermannstadt.
FCM Baia Mare form and stats
Baia participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.FCM Baia Mare have played 6 Liga 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in FCM Baia Mare's previous game, also at home. Visiting Progresul Spartac travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. FCM Baia Mare salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Progresul Spartac, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Chitaş equalizing. No victory last time out for Baia, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Chitaş who came on as a substitute in the 24th minute and scored two goals.
A 1-1 draw away in the Liga 2 before that, with ASU Poli Timisoara the opponent.With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FCM Baia Mare defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hermannstadt form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Home advantage was not enough for Hermannstadt in their previous game as they lost hosting Chindia Târgovişte, 0-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Mioveni.Hermannstadt are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Hermannstadt as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 8 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |  F. Chitaş 3 goals |
FCM Baia Mare missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| FCM Baia Mare | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Unirea Dej | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | CSM Iasi | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Csikszereda | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Otelul | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | CSM Slatina | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Concordia Chiajna | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Sirineasa | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | FCM Baia Mare | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Progresul Spartac | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Dumbravita | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Unirea Constanta | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 12 |
| 19 | Metaloglobus | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Argeş | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botosani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
