National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ripensia Timişoara or Dinamo Bucureşti that keep their silverware dream alive.
Dinamo Bucureşti could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Ripensia Timişoara form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.Ripensia Timişoara have collected 6 points from their Liga 2 home games so far after 1-3-0.
Timişoara lost their last game at Petrolul 52 after a 0-2 scoreline.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Astra.The match schedule is unforgiving for Timişoara as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Concordia Chiajna are visiting.
A decent goal production from Timişoara in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Timişoara have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Bucureşti's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.Dinamo Bucureşti have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Liga 1. It's looking increasingly bleak for Bucureşti who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Academica Clinceni was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager D. Bonetti was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Ştefan cel Mare. Bucureşti suffered a 1-2 loss to Botoşani.
Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting FCSB's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bucureşti manager D. Bonetti as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Universitatea Craiova.
Bucureşti are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 4 away games. Bucureşti are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 0 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sorescu 5 goals |  D. Golda 4 goals | M. Ene 1 goals |
Ripensia Timişoara missing players
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
| Ripensia Timişoara | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 48% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 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 Timişoara | 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 | Botoşani | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Argeş | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 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 Bucureşti | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 2 |