Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Filiaşi & UTA Arad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting UTA Arad played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 1 match. That game was also an away game, at Sepsi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Filiaşi's stadium 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; 18 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses from 43 matches. They have scored 53 goals in these games and conceded 47.
Filiaşi form and stats
Filiaşi was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Romania Cup.On the other hand, in the Romania Cup, Filiaşi has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Filiaşi fans got no joy from their last match, a 3. Liga; Series 6 game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Horezu.
In the game before, an away victory in the 3. Liga; Series 6 match versus CS U Craiova II with a 2-1 scoreline.There will be little rest for Filiaşi after this match as they are travelling to CSM Slatina for a 3. Liga; Series 6 game in only three days.
UTA Arad form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
UTA Arad has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sepsi for a Liga 1 game that ended a draw (0-0).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Rapid Bucuresti.A quick return to home after this game, as Arad are hosting CFR Cluj in the Liga 1 only three days away.
The attacking power of Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Arad are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Miculescu 2 goals |  L. Antal 2 goals |  A. Hora 2 goals |
Filiaşi missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Filiaşi | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 37 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Argeş | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 2 |