National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Progresul Spartac or Rapid Bucuresti that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 3. Liga: Series 4 match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tunari, was also a home game here at Stadionul Progresul. The away team is better rested.
Progresul Spartac form and stats
Progresul Spartac was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Romania Cup.Progresul's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Tunari. A strong away win before that one, visiting Rapid Bucuresti II and winning 2-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Progresul as they are travelling to their away game against Metalul Buzau in the 3. Liga: Series 4. That match is four days after this one.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Bucuresti seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Bucuresti, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus U Craiova 1948. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Concordia Chiajna in the Liga 2.
Bucuresti lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The travelling fans enjoy Bucuresti's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. For Bucuresti, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Progresul, zero draws and one win for Rapid Bucuresti. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Hlistei 7 goals | M. Drăghiceanu 5 goals | A. Jorza 4 goals |
Progresul Spartac missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Progresul Spartac | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 60 | 40 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 132 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 116 | 250 | ||
| 54 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 101 | ||
| 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Metaloglobus | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Unirea Slobozia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Turnu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Dunarea Calarasi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Concordia Chiajna | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | CSM Slatina | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timişoara | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 19 | Comuna Recea | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 3 |