National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Otelul or SCM Gloria Buzau that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Otelul form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Otelul have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga 2 with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
The Otelul goalkeeper Cosmin Andrei Dur-Bozoanca is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 302 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 2.
Otelul's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Metaloglobus. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ripensia Timisoara and winning 1-0.Otelul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Oţelul with 14 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Otelul have conceded only 5 goals.
SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
Gloria's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to CSA Steaua Bucuresti in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A loss against Concordia Chiajna was the result prior to that, in a Liga 2 home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by SCM Gloria Buzau in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for SCM Gloria Buzau, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
SCM Gloria Buzau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. SCM Gloria Buzau have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Otelul zero wins, two draws and SCM Gloria Buzau one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Cârjan 6 goals |  A. Boiciuc 5 goals | J. Cisotti 3 goals |
Otelul missing players
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
| Otelul | SCM Gloria Buzau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | CSM Iasi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Otelul | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Unirea Slobozia | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 29 |
| 5 | Unirea Dej | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Csikszereda | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | CSM Slatina | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Sirineasa | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Dumbravita | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Ripensia Timisoara | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Metaloglobus | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | FCM Baia Mare | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Progresul Spartac | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Unirea Constanta | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
