National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SCM Gloria Buzau or Voluntari that keep their silverware dream alive.
Voluntari could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Botosani, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Voluntari.
SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Gloria as SCM Gloria Buzau have scored 22 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Liga 2 are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Romania Cup for SCM Gloria Buzau. Two home wins in a row for Gloria bring valid hopes of a third.
Gloria's last game was hosting Brasov Steagul Renast and winning 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Viitorul Selimbar (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SCM Gloria Buzau as they are travelling to their away game against CSA Steaua Bucuresti in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.
Gloria always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadionul Gloria with 22 goals in 7 league games. SCM Gloria Buzau have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
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 1-1.
Before that, Voluntari secured a home win against Dinamo Bucuresti with the score 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Voluntari manager L. Ciobotariu as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against U Craiova 1948.
Voluntari are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Voluntari have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Chică-Roșă 10 goals | C. Ciobanu 6 goals | S. Ekollo Malolo 6 goals |
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
Voluntari missing players
| SCM Gloria Buzau | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 57 | 31 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.9 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 29 | 39 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Concordia Chiajna | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 31 |
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 6 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Csikszereda | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Metaloglobus | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Viitorul Selimbar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Unirea Slobozia | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 | Ripensia Timisoara | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Sirineasa | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -16 | 9 |
| 17 | Unirea Constanta | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -29 | 8 |
| 18 | Dunarea Calarasi | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -23 | 4 |
| 19 | Astra | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 25 | -39 | 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 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | FCSB | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Botosani | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Argeş | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 17 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -25 | 4 |