Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Unirea Bascov & CSM Slatina face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 3. Liga; Series 6 game only four days ago. That game, against Sporting Rosiori, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for CSM Slatina.
Unirea Bascov form and stats
Unirea was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Romania Cup.The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
It's back home for Unirea Bascov, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Flacara Moreni away with the result 2-0.
Previous to that game, a 3. Liga: Series 4 home match hosting FCSB II in a game that was won 4-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Unirea Bascov as they have a new game in only three days, a 3. Liga: Series 4 match thankfully also at home. Tunari are visiting.
Unirea Bascov have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Unirea Bascov scored 0 goals and let in 4 goals during these one game.
CSM Slatina form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.Slatina are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Sporting Rosiori.
Preceding that game was the away 3. Liga; Series 6 victory against Horezu with the score of 6-0.After this away game Slatina return home for a 3. Liga; Series 6 game against Minerul Costesti. That game is only two sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Slatina as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which CSM Slatina have played five with the results W2-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games CSM Slatina has scored 11 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior two meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Unirea, zero draws and two wins for CSM Slatina. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Unirea Bascov missing players
CSM Slatina missing players
| Unirea Bascov | CSM Slatina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 33 | 40 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 20% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.7 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||