National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Plopeni or SCM Gloria Buzau that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga 2 game only four days ago.
Plopeni form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Romania Cup for Plopeni, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Flacara Moreni, and reach the 3rd Round. Plopeni was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Romania Cup.Plopeni are returning here after visiting Flacara Moreni in a Romania Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Plopeni lost 0-1 at Alexandria's place.SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
SCM Gloria Buzau was sent out of Romania Cup in the group stage last season.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of SCM Gloria Buzau playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season.
SCM Gloria Buzau won their last game, 2-1 versus Tunari played at home.
Before that, SCM Gloria Buzau travelled to Mioveni and returned home with a draw after the Liga 2 game finished 0-0.It's early days yet, but SCM Gloria Buzau has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Dumitru 1 goals |  S. Pîrvulescu 1 goals |
Plopeni missing players
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
| Plopeni | SCM Gloria Buzau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 80% | 58% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | CSM Slatina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Unirea Slobozia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Concordia Chiajna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Csikszereda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Alexandria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Şirineaşa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Mioveni | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Arges | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Dumbrăviţa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Metaloglobus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Tunari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Progresul Spartac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
