National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mioveni or Botoşani 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.
Mioveni form and stats
Mioveni was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Romania Cup.With {0 Liga 1 wins}, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Mioveni are certainly not brimming with confidence.
No payout for Mioveni in their previous match, an away game at SSC Farul that ended in defeat 1-2.
Preceding that match was a Liga 1 defeat to Hermannstadt (0-2).Mioveni aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league, with only {4 goals} from 8 games. On the other hand, Mioveni have conceded 10 goals.
Botoşani form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Voluntari with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Botoşani travelled to Chindia Targoviste and returned home with a draw after the Liga 1 game finished 2-2.The attacking power of Botoşani when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Botoşani have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Botoşani have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Mioveni.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 3 goals |  S. Camara 3 goals |  E. Scarlatache 2 goals |
Mioveni missing players
Botoşani missing players
| Mioveni | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 36% | ||
| 9 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Arges | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
