Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SCM Gloria Buzau & Academica Clinceni face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Gloria nor Academica Clinceni as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
SCM Gloria Buzau was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Romania Cup.SCM Gloria Buzau must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Liga 2 games here at Stadionul Gloria. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A nice win for SCM Gloria Buzau last time playing, versus Metaloglobus. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with A. Cârstocea (2) and C. Ciobanu scoring for the victors.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting CSM Iasi.The manager C. Pustai will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Csikszereda in only three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Gloria is on fire here. A stunning 18 from 3 league matches. Gloria are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Gloria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
Academica was sent out of Romania Cup in the 16th finals last season.The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. Academica are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Sepsi fixture.
The attacking players of Academica have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 252 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus Argeş with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the Academica Clinceni manager I. Poenaru faced defeat when travelling to SSC Farul and losing 0-5.The schedule is very tough for Academica now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 1 game at FCSB is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Academica as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Academica concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ciobanu 7 goals | S. Ekollo Malolo 5 goals |  A. Cârstocea 4 goals |
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| SCM Gloria Buzau | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 26 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 55% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 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 Timisoara | 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 Bucuresti | 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 |