Perhaps a welcome break from league football as U Craiova 1948 & 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!
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 Craiova and ASU Poli Timişoara.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season, Craiova's Romania Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Hanul Doctorului as U Craiova 1948 have scored 15 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Liga 2 are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Craiova haven’t lost a league-game in 33 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus CS U Craiova II, 574 days ago. The U Craiova 1948 fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul Hanul Doctorului and will expect new points from this game. Craiova has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Craiova goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 2.
U Craiova 1948's last game was hosting Metaloglobus and winning 1-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Unirea Slobozia that finished 0-0.
The Craiova manager N. Napoli has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. From these home matches, Craiova have conceded only 4 goals.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
Timişoara was sent out of Romania Cup in the 4th round last season.Playing away, ASU Poli Timişoara have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga 2 this season. ASU Poli Timişoara has drawn their two previous away games.
Timişoara has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Aerostar Bacau for a Liga 2 game that ended a draw (2-2). Before that, ASU Poli Timişoara secured a home win against Petrolul 52 with the score 1-0.
It looked so good for Timişoara vs Aerostar Bacau, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Timişoara have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. ASU Poli Timişoara have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Axente 8 goals |  I. Mera 3 goals | A. Ignea 3 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | ASU Poli Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Şirineaşa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Metaloglobus | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 | Sporting Turnu | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | CSM Slatina | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Csikszereda | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | Unirea Slobozia | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Ripensia Timisoara | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Comuna Recea | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Scolar Resita | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Concordia Chiajna | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 5 |