Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Soimii Lipova & SCM Gloria Buzau face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they performed in a 3. Liga: Series 8 game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Progresul Pecica.
Soimii Lipova form and stats
Action has already taken place for Soimii Lipova in Romania Cup as they have defeated Crisul Chisineu Cris, Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei and Sanmartin to reach the Play-offs. Soimii participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Soimii Lipova faced defeat in their previous match, away at Progresul Pecica (0-2).
Before that, Soimii had a 3. Liga: Series 8 home game versus Avantul Periam which ended with a victory 5-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Soimii Lipova, as the 3. Liga: Series 8 home game vs Crisul Chisineu Cris is only three days away.
SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Blejoi Vispesti in order to reach play-offs of Romania Cup. They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.SCM Gloria Buzau are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 2, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Impressive finishing from Gaitán and López secured the home win 2-1 against Dinamo Bucuresti in their previous game. Gaitán came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Dinamo Bucuresti last time out, making the manager Pustai feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that, the Romania Cup win away at Blejoi Vispesti.
SCM Gloria Buzau are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Gloria struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ciobanu 3 goals | V. Alexandru 2 goals |  A. Cârstocea 1 goals |
Soimii Lipova missing players
SCM Gloria Buzau missing players
| Soimii Lipova | SCM Gloria Buzau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14.1 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 12.2 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Otelul | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Viitorul Selimbar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | CSM Iaşi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Csikszereda | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Sirineasa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | CSM Slatina | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | Progresul Spartac | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | FCM Baia Mare | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Dumbrăviţa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timişoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
