Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Unirea Alba Iulia & Viitorul Şelimbăr face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Unirea Alba Iulia form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Romania Cup for Unirea, as the manager A. Bicheși led his troops to eliminate Universitatea Alba Iulia and Industria Galda de Jos, and reach the 3rd Round. Unirea was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Romania Cup.The story so far in the 3. Liga: Series 5 for Unirea Alba Iulia at their home stadium (Stadionul Municipal Victoria) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Unirea are returning here after visiting Industria Galda de Jos in a Romania Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
The Unirea Alba Iulia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Unirea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal Victoria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Viitorul Şelimbăr form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Metalurgistul Cugir in order to reach 3rd Round of Romania Cup. They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga: Series 5 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Viitorul hope to make it five in this match. Viitorul have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Metalurgistul Cugir was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visiting Viitorul Şelimbăr have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Viitorul Şelimbăr rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Unirea Alba Iulia wins - draws - Viitorul Şelimbăr wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Unirea Alba Iulia missing players
Viitorul Şelimbăr missing players
| Unirea Alba Iulia | Viitorul Şelimbăr | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 11% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 103 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 37 | ||
| 17% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Comuna Recea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | FCM Baia Mare | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Metalurgistul Cugir | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Luceafarul Oradea | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Sanmartin | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Gloria Bistrita | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Avantul Reghin | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Ariesul Turda | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sanatatea Cluj | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | CFR Cluj II | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Industria Galda de Jos | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 11 |
| 15 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | SCM Zalau | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 9 |