National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's U Craiova 1948 or Voluntari that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Liga 1 fixture only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at CFR Cluj.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.U Craiova 1948 have collected 10 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 3-1-4.
No payout for Craiova in their previous match, an away game at CFR Cluj that ended in defeat 1-3.
Preceding that match was a Liga 1 defeat to SSC Farul (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with U Craiova 1948 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with U Craiova 1948 as a small favourite), we find 7 games. U Craiova 1948 has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Craiova, as the Liga 1 home game vs FCSB is only three days away.
U Craiova 1948 has scored {8 goals-1} so far and conceded {8 goals-2} from 8 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari was sent out of Romania Cup in the final last season.2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Voluntari in their Liga 1 matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Voluntari, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Botosani last time out.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Petrolul 52.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Voluntari, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga 1 trip to UTA Arad.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Voluntari in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings featuring these squads: U Craiova 1948 won zero, Voluntari triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sidibe 3 goals |   A. Nemec 3 goals |  V. Damaşcan 3 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Voluntari missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Argeş | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botosani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
