National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mioveni or UTA Arad that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting UTA Arad have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-12-15 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they played only three days ago in the Liga 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FCSB.
Mioveni form and stats
Mioveni participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 32.Mioveni's struggle is real here at Stadionul Orăşenesc with only 4 points collected from 9 Liga 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-5.
The followers are hoping that Mioveni will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the game against FCSB. As you see from the result above, Mioveni suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Ahead of that match, Mioveni lost 0-1 at home to CFR Cluj.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mioveni, as the Liga 1 home game vs Universitatea Craiova is only four days away.
Mioveni have scored {4 goals} here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. 11 goals have been conceded.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad was sent out of Romania Cup in the round of 32 last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UTA Arad so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Arad's previous game was their home loss versus Sepsi (1-4).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Voluntari in the Liga 1.The schedule is very tough for UTA Arad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 1 game at Universitatea Cluj is waiting in only three days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. UTA Arad's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
UTA Arad have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Mioveni.Top Goalscorers
  P. Otele 4 goals | V. Postolachi 4 goals |  E. Scarlatache 2 goals |
Mioveni missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Mioveni | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 10% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| 8.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | FCSB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 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 | Arges | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 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 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
