National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SCM Gloria Buzau or Dunărea Călăraşi that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!
SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
SCM Gloria Buzau was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Romania Cup.When playing at home in the Liga 2, SCM Gloria Buzau have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Romania Cup for SCM Gloria Buzau. Two draws in a row at home now for Gloria.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Unirea Slobozia in the Liga 2 last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach C. Pustai made a successful contribution in the game against Unirea Slobozia, bringing on P. Paţurcă who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that match, a Liga 2 win away at Dacia Unirea Braila.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Gloria home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SCM Gloria Buzau as they are travelling to their away game against Ripensia Timisoara in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Gloria is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 5 league matches. From these home matches, SCM Gloria Buzau have conceded only 4 goals.
Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats
Călăraşi's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dunărea Călăraşi so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Dunărea Călăraşi are desperate to end a 16-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Rapid Bucuresti fixture.
Dunărea Călăraşi are looking to quickly end their 318 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 2.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Călăraşi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Astra.
The game before that, in the Liga 2, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Metaloglobus.You'll want to know how Călăraşi managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Csikszereda in just three days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dunărea Călăraşi have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three SCM Gloria Buzau victories, zero draws and zero Dunărea Călăraşi wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Chică-Roșă 9 goals | C. Ciobanu 6 goals | S. Ekollo Malolo 6 goals |
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
Dunărea Călăraşi missing players
| SCM Gloria Buzau | Dunărea Călăraşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 59 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 52% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 30 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 21 |
| 6 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Metaloglobus | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Unirea Slobozia | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Viitorul Selimbar | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Ripensia Timisoara | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Sirineasa | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Csikszereda | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Unirea Constanta | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -24 | 7 |
| 18 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -16 | 3 |
| 19 | Astra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | -31 | 2 |