Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Progresul Spartac & Universitatea Craiova face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Progresul Spartac and Universitatea Craiova should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Progresul Spartac form and stats
Progresul was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Romania Cup.A strong away win for Progresul against Voluntari II the last match. Heartbreak before that as Progresul lost 1-3 at FCSB II's place.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Universitatea Craiova have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Liga 1 games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FCSB game have they lost an away game, meaning Universitatea has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Universitatea aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 237 league minutes without a goal. N. Bancu was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Botosani in their previous outing. The Liga 1 match ended in a draw 0-0. A 0-1 loss hosting Chindia Targoviste before that.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Universitatea given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won zero of these games by at least two goals.
Universitatea has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Universitatea are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Progresul won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Universitatea Craiova has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  E. Koljič 6 goals | A. Cicâldău 4 goals |  N. Bancu 2 goals |
Progresul Spartac missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Progresul Spartac | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 65 | 48 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 166 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 273 | ||
| 76 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 124 | ||
| 41% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 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 Bucuresti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Metalul Buzau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | FCSB II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Progresul Spartac | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tunari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dinamo Bucuresti II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Voluntari II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Balotesti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 24 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Viitorul | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Botosani | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Arges | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Astra | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 5 |