National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Petrolul 52 or Sepsi that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Petrolul 52 saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus SSC Farul, was also a home game here at Stadionul Ilie Oană. The away team is better rested.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Overall Liga 2 stats at home this season for Petrolul 52 are 6-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Romania Cup for Petrolul 52.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Petrolul 52, as their goalkeeper Raul Avram has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Liga 2.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus SSC Farul in the Liga 2 last time out and are looking for a win here. Previous to that game, a Liga 2 home match hosting Dunarea Calarasi in a game that was won 2-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul 52 as they are travelling to their away game against Csikszereda in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.
The Petrolul 52 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Petrolul 52 have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Sepsi has drawn their two previous away games.
Sepsi delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against CSM Iasi in their previous match; a Liga 1 game. Ahead of that match was the Liga 1 away draw versus Astra that ended 2-2.
The schedule is very tough for Sepsi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 1 game at Chindia Targoviste is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
S. Arnăutu 9 goals | ![]() G. Karanović 7 goals | P. Šafranko 6 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 317 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 203 | ||
| 108 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 87 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | UTA Arad | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 39 | 50 |
| 2 | Sporting Turnu | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | Mioveni | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Arges | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 7 | Sirineasa | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | SSC Farul | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 11 | Dunarea Calarasi | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Concordia Chiajna | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Scolar Resita | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Sportul Snagov | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 27 | -37 | 9 |
| 19 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 34 | -39 | 8 |
| 20 | Juventus Bucuresti | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -25 | 6 |