Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Petrolul 52 & U Craiova 1948 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Last season, Petrolul's Romania Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 2 numbers at home for Petrolul 52 so far this season. After failing to beat SCM Gloria Buzau here at Stadionul Ilie Oană, Petrolul 52 has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The Petrolul goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 472 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 2.
A nice win for Petrolul last time playing, versus Ripensia Timisoara. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with A. Vajushi and M. Bratu scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a Liga 2 win away at Unirea Slobozia.There will be little rest for Petrolul after this match as they are travelling to Unirea Dej for a Liga 2 game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league this season as Petrolul has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. Defensively Petrolul 52 have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (0 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Craiova are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
U Craiova 1948 are looking to quickly end their 222 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.
Craiova failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 1 home match vs FCSB that ended with defeat 0-1.
It was a Liga 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Arges wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visiting Craiova have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Craiova have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Diarra 6 goals |  A. Vajushi 4 goals | M. Bratu 3 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Petrolul 52 | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.9 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 |
| 5 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Ripensia Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Dunarea Calarasi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -17 | 2 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | -27 | 1 |
| 20 | Astra | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | -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 | CFR Cluj | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Botosani | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Arges | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 2 |