Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hermannstadt & Sepsi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Hermannstadt nor Sepsi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hermannstadt form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Hermannstadt have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal in the Liga 1.
The home regulars witnessed a 0-0 draw vs Sepsi in the Romania Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that, Hermannstadt played out a Liga 1 draw 0-0 when visiting Petrolul 52.A decent goal production from Hermannstadt in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Sepsi form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sepsi, as they won the Romania Cup.Things could have gone better for Sepsi in their Liga 1 away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Hermannstadt in their previous outing. The Romania Cup duel ended 0-0.
The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 2-5 defeat against FCSB.Sepsi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Sepsi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sepsi have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without losing (4-5-0) when playing Hermannstadt.Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 6 goals |  S. Balaure 3 goals |   P. Šafranko 3 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Hermannstadt | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Otelul | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Botosani | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
