National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hermannstadt or Chindia Târgovişte 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.
Hermannstadt form and stats
Last season, Hermannstadt's Romania Cup journey ended in the round of 16.4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Hermannstadt have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan in the Liga 1.
The supporters are hoping that Hermannstadt will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Voluntari.
Preceding that match was the home Liga 1 game against CFR Cluj that was lost 2-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Hermannstadt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hermannstadt as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Hermannstadt has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga 1 game versus SSC Farul in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan.
Hermannstadt has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Hermannstadt's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W3-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Two away games in a row for Chindia Târgovişte, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus CFR Cluj.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Universitatea Craiova.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Chindia Târgovişte in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Chindia Târgovişte, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FCSB in just four days.
The visiting Târgovişte have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Chindia Târgovişte have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chindia Târgovişte have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (2-3-0) facing Hermannstadt.The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 9 goals |   D. Popadiuc 7 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
| Hermannstadt | Chindia Târgovişte | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Argeş | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
