National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sepsi or Voluntari that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Sepsi and Voluntari.
Sepsi form and stats
Sepsi have played 9 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Sepsi are returning here after visiting UTA Arad and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Păun, Matei, Ştefănescu and Tudorie scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Petrolul 52.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sepsi handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Voluntari are coming to town in three days.
Sepsi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Municipal with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Sepsi have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari was sent out of Romania Cup in the final last season.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Voluntari have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.
Damaşcan, Costin and Nemec scored in Voluntari's previous match, the home game against Hermannstadt that ended 3-0.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to UTA Arad.We have checked recent matches where Voluntari have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga 1 trip to Sepsi.
The attacking power of Voluntari when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Voluntari have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Sepsi won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Voluntari got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rondón Fernández 8 goals |  A. Tudorie 5 goals |   V. Damaşcan 5 goals |
Sepsi missing players
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| Sepsi | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Arges | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
