Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Soimii Lipova & ASU Poli Timişoara face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Soimii Lipova form and stats
Last season, Soimii's Romania Cup journey ended in the 4th round.20 points is a decent return from 9 3. Liga: Series 4 games here at Stadionul Sânicolau Mic for Soimii Lipova. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Soimii Lipova haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Crisul Chisineu Cris, 711 days ago.
Happy days for Soimii Lipova in their previous game, a Romania Cup match away at Crisul Chisineu Cris that ended with a 2-0 victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dumbravita and winning 1-0.Soimii can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 22 times. From these home matches, Soimii Lipova have conceded only 5 goals.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.It's gone fairly well in the Liga 2 away games so far for ASU Poli Timişoara with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for ASU Poli Timişoara in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Home advantage was not enough for Timişoara in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 2-match, hosting CSM Iasi, 0-1. Late heartbreak for ASU Poli Timişoara in the CSM Iasi match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Unirea Constanta at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga 2 trip to Metaloglobus.
Timişoara are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As opposed to that, Timişoara have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Benzar 2 goals | C. Oanea 1 goals | C. Bîrnoi 1 goals |
Soimii Lipova missing players
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
| Soimii Lipova | ASU Poli Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 36% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | Soimii Lipova | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | Crisul Chisineu Cris | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Progresul Pecica | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Horezu | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Dumbravita | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | Hunedoara | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ghiroda | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Fortuna Becicherecu Mic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Viitorul Daesti | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Cetate Deva | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | ACS Poli Timisoara | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 14 | Filiasi | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | National Sebis | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 38 | -52 | 14 |
| 16 | Gilortul | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -23 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Ripensia Timişoara | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Iasi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 17 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | Csikszereda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | -21 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |