National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's U Craiova 1948 or Sepsi that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga 1. That game was also an away game, at CFR Cluj. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season, Craiova's Romania Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for U Craiova 1948 so far this season.
Craiova's last game was hosting Gaz Metan Medias and winning 2-0.
Heartbreak before that as Craiova lost 0-1 at UTA Arad's place.There will be little rest for Craiova after this match as they are travelling to Rapid Bucuresti for a Liga 1 game in only four days.
Craiova have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Craiova have conceded only 4 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
Sepsi's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.Sepsi have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 0-4-2 (6 played). Sepsi are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Academica Clinceni fixture.
Sepsi are travelling again after losing away to CFR Cluj in their previous match (0-2).
A 1-2 loss hosting Voluntari before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in just three days.
Sepsi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. 6 goals have been conceded by Sepsi in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Balan 3 goals | W. Baeten 2 goals |  S. Sidibe 2 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Sepsi missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | FCSB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Botosani | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Arges | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Sepsi | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -18 | 8 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -22 | 3 |