Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tunari & Metaloglobus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Tunari form and stats
Tunari have not come this way in the Romania Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Asalt Bucuresti and Branesti. Tunari was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Romania Cup.When playing at home in the 3. Liga: Series 4, Tunari have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. Tunari are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadionul Concordia, having lost their two previous games here.
Happy days for Tunari in their previous game, a Romania Cup match away at Asalt Bucuresti that ended with a 7-1 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Tunari played a great game against Asalt Bucuresti and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, an away victory in the Romania Cup match versus Branesti with a 2-0 scoreline.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tunari here at Stadionul Concordia in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). As for guarding their own goal, Tunari have only let in 2 goals at home.
Metaloglobus form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Metaloglobus are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 2, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Metaloglobus delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hermannstadt in their previous match; a Liga 2 game.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Concordia Chiajna's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga 2 trip to Universitatea Cluj.
It's early days yet, but Metaloglobus has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding nine meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Tunari, zero draws and six wins for Metaloglobus. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Tunari missing players
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| Tunari | Metaloglobus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 3 | ||
| 24% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 40% | ||
| 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 Bucureşti | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Progresul Spartac | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | FCSB II | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Metalul Buzau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Tunari | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Voluntari II | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti II | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna II | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 10 | Balotesti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -27 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | CSA Steaua Bucureşti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Metaloglobus | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Ripensia Timisoara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Viitorul Selimbar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Dunarea Calarasi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Unirea Dej | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Şirineaşa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | CSM Iasi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Csikszereda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 |