National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Progresul Spartac or CSA Steaua Bucureşti that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting CSA Steaua Bucureşti played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 2 match.
Progresul Spartac form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Progresul Spartac have to build on here at Stadionul Progresul Spartac in the 3. Liga: Series 4. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
A nice win for Progresul last time playing, versus FCSB II. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Progresul Spartac "killed" FCSB II in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a 3. Liga: Series 4 home match hosting FCSB II in a game that was won 4-0.Goals are plentiful at Stadionul Progresul Spartac in the league this season as Progresul Spartac has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. Progresul Spartac are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Progresul in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
CSA Steaua Bucureşti form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2. Bucureşti have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of ten victories in a row regardless of arena.
CSA Steaua Bucureşti had fun at their own home (Stadionul Progresul Spartac) last time out, beating Dacia Unirea Braila 5-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Dacia Unirea Braila was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away Liga 2 victory against Sirineasa with the score of 2-0.The schedule is very tough for CSA Steaua Bucureşti now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 2 game at Unirea Slobozia is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, CSA Steaua Bucureşti has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Progresul victories, zero draws and two CSA Steaua Bucureşti wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Chipirliu 3 goals | F. Răsdan 2 goals |  D. Huiban 2 goals |
Progresul Spartac missing players
CSA Steaua Bucureşti missing players
| Progresul Spartac | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 56 | 40 | Scored | S | 24 | 69 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 58% | ||
| 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 Bucureşti | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Progresul Spartac | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | FCSB II | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Metalul Buzau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Tunari | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Voluntari II | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti II | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna II | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 10 | Balotesti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -27 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Unirea Slobozia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Metaloglobus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Ripensia Timisoara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Viitorul Selimbar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Dunarea Calarasi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Unirea Dej | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | Sirineasa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Csikszereda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | CSM Iasi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -5 |