National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hunedoara or Cetate Deva that keep their silverware dream alive.
Hunedoara and Cetate Deva should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hunedoara form and stats
Hunedoara have reached this Romania Cup stage through battling and winning against Armata Aurul Brad. Hunedoara participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the 3. Liga: Series 4 for Hunedoara at their home stadium (Stadionul Michael Klein) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Happy days for Hunedoara in their previous game, a Romania Cup match away at Armata Aurul Brad that ended with a 5-4 victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A strong away win before that one, visiting National Sebis and winning 3-0.Hunedoara can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Hunedoara have conceded 14 from these games.
Cetate Deva form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated ACS Poli Timisoara in order to reach 2nd round of Romania Cup. They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga: Series 4 travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Cetate play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-3 victory visiting ACS Poli Timisoara. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cetate, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The game before that, in the Romania Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Ghiroda.Cetate have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Cetate as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Hunedoara, one draw and one win for Cetate Deva. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Hunedoara missing players
Cetate Deva missing players
| Hunedoara | Cetate Deva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 62 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 46 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 84% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 14% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | Soimii Lipova | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | Crişul Chişineu Criş | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Progresul Pecica | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Horezu | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Dumbrăviţa | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | Hunedoara | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ghiroda | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Fortuna Becicherecu Mic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Viitorul Dăești | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Cetate Deva | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | ACS Poli Timisoara | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 14 | Filiaşi | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | National Sebis | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 38 | -52 | 14 |
| 16 | Gilortul | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -23 | 11 |