Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SCM Zalău & Otelul face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SCM Zalău and Otelul.
SCM Zalău form and stats
The SCM Zalău club members got no joy from their last game, a Romania Cup duel also played here at Stadionul Municipal: A 0-2 defeat against Otelul.
Previous to that game, a 3. Liga: Series 10 home match hosting Crisul Santandrei in a game that was won 1-0.Otelul form and stats
Otelul was sent out of Romania Cup in the group stage last season.1-4-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Otelul in their Liga 1 matches away.
Two away games in a row for Otelul, whose manager Munteanu could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against SCM Zalău.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus U Craiova 1948 at their stadium, the result 2-0.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pop 4 goals |  J. Cisotti 2 goals |  S. Bodisteanu 1 goals |
SCM Zalău missing players
Otelul missing players
| SCM Zalău | Otelul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 0.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 3.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
| 159% | 145% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Otelul | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Botosani | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
