Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Unirea Dej & FCM Baia Mare face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Unirea Dej form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 2 numbers at home for Unirea Dej so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager D. Militaru led his Unirea to a defeat in the Liga 2 match away at Brasov Steagul Renast. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Unirea.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Gloria Bistrita.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as CSA Steaua Bucuresti are coming to town in three days.
The Unirea Dej fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Unirea have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FCM Baia Mare form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Playing away, FCM Baia Mare have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 3. Liga: Series 5 this season. FCM Baia Mare have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Two travels in a row for Baia, whose manager C. Danciu could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Comuna Recea.
Preceding that game was the away Romania Cup victory against CSM Satu Mare with the score of 2-0.The attacking power of FCM Baia Mare when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Baia as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Unirea won two games, one match ended with a draw and FCM Baia Mare managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  A. Pop 3 goals |
Unirea Dej missing players
FCM Baia Mare missing players
| Unirea Dej | FCM Baia Mare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.8 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | ||
| 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 |