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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Petrolul 52 and Sepsi.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Petrolul 52 have collected 8 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 2-2-3.
The Petrolul supporters got no joy from their last match, a Romania Cup duel also played here at Stadionul Ilie Oană: A 1-3 defeat against Sepsi.
A Liga 1 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Universitatea Craiova.Petrolul 52 have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Petrolul 52 have conceded 8 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sepsi, as they won the Romania Cup.3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sepsi in their Liga 1 matches away.
Two travels in a row for Sepsi, whose coach Bergodi could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Petrolul 52.
A 1-2 defeat away at CFR Cluj before that.Sepsi have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants faced each other previously this season; Petrolul 52 - Sepsi 1-3. Previous four meetings featuring these teams: Petrolul won zero, Sepsi triumphed in three and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rondón Fernández 5 goals |   C. Irobiso 4 goals |  G. Grozav 3 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 | SSC Farul | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | FCSB | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Arges | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Botosani | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
