National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gloria Bistrita or Unirea Dej that keep their silverware dream alive.
Unirea Dej could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 2 game only three sleeps ago.
Gloria Bistrita form and stats
Bistrita have not come this way in the Romania Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Progresul Somcuta Mare. Bistrita participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Gloria Bistrita are steadily winning 3. Liga: Series 5 games and points here at Stadionul Jean Pădureanu. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
A good away victory last time out for Bistrita, who won 3-2 against Progresul Somcuta Mare.
Prior to that, an away loss at Unirea Dej in the Romania Cup.Bistrita are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Bistrita are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Jean Pădureanu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Unirea Dej form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sportul Beclean in order to reach 3rd round of Romania Cup. Unirea's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2.
293 minutes! That's how long the Unirea goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Adrian Pop (3) scored in Unirea Dej's previous match, the home game against Viitorul Selimbar that ended 3-0. Adrian Pop certainly enjoyed Unirea's last game versus Viitorul Selimbar, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Dunarea Calarasi.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga 2 trip to Brașov Steagul Renașt.
It's early days yet, but Unirea Dej has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former seven meetings): Gloria Bistrita won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Unirea Dej managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourGloria Bistrita missing players
Unirea Dej missing players
| Gloria Bistrita | Unirea Dej | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 42 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 44% | ||
| 3.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 10.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Comuna Recea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | FCM Baia Mare | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Viitorul Selimbar | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Metalurgistul Cugir | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Luceafarul Oradea | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Sanmartin | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Gloria Bistrita | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Avantul Reghin | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Ariesul Turda | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sanatatea Cluj | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | CFR Cluj II | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Industria Galda de Jos | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 11 |
| 15 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | SCM Zalău | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 9 |