National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's U Craiova 1948 or Şcolar Reşiţa 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 Craiova and Şcolar Reşiţa.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.As mentioned below, U Craiova 1948 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Liga 2 games. The U Craiova 1948 fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul Municipal and will expect new points from this game. Craiova has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat. Craiova haven’t lost a league-game in 26 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus CS U Craiova II, 522 days ago.
Craiova travelled for their previous game, a trip to Comuna Recea that ended 3-3. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against CSM Slatina.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The match schedule is unforgiving for U Craiova 1948 as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Rapid Bucuresti are visiting.
Craiova are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). U Craiova 1948's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Şcolar Reşiţa form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.Şcolar Reşiţa are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Liga 2. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Şcolar's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Universitatea Cluj game.
Şcolar Reşiţa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Unirea Slobozia proved too strong as Şcolar slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Gloria. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at SCM Gloria Buzau.
Şcolar Reşiţa has another fixture away, a Liga 2 game, against Metaloglobus in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
2 goals so far away for Şcolar Reşiţa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Şcolar Reşiţa missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Şcolar Reşiţa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 244 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 204 | ||
| 106 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 78 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Dunarea Calarasi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Sporting Turnu | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Concordia Chiajna | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Csikszereda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Sirineasa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timisoara | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Comuna Recea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | CSM Slatina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacău | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 0 |