Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Metaloglobus & Petrolul 52 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Metaloglobus form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Liga 2 for Metaloglobus at their home stadium (Stadionul Valentin Stănescu) is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Metaloglobus tasted defeat here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper George Gavrilas not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
It's back home for Metaloglobus, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ripensia Timisoara away with the result 2-0. O. Herea found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Scolar Resita that ended 0-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Metaloglobus as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Csikszereda are visiting.
Metaloglobus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Metaloglobus have only let in 1 goal at home.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul was sent out of Romania Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Playing away, Petrolul 52 have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga 2 this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the UTA Arad game have they lost an away game, meaning Petrolul has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Petrolul, whose manager V. Moldovan could celebrate last time after the Liga 2 win against Comuna Recea. The game before that, in the Liga 2, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Dunărea Călăraşi.
A quick return to home after this game, as Petrolul are hosting U Craiova 1948 in the Liga 2 only four days away.
The Petrolul manager V. Moldovan has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Metaloglobus, two draws and one win for Petrolul 52. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Herea 12 goals |  C. Herea 6 goals |
Metaloglobus missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Metaloglobus | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 204 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 147 | 287 | ||
| 82 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 104 | ||
| 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 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 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Metaloglobus | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Unirea Slobozia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Turnu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Concordia Chiajna | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | CSM Slatina | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 19 | Comuna Recea | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 3 |