National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Unirea Slobozia or ASU Poli Timişoara that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga 2.
Unirea Slobozia form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far in the Liga 2 for Unirea Slobozia at their home stadium (Stadionul 1 Mai) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Slobozia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Concordia Chiajna.
Before that game, the home loss against Petrolul 52 with the scoreline 0-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Slobozia as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Hermannstadt are visiting.
Unirea Slobozia has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
Timişoara was sent out of Romania Cup in the 8th finals last season.2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for ASU Poli Timişoara in their Liga 2 matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for ASU Poli Timişoara as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Unirea Constanta match.
ASU Poli Timişoara might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Csikszereda proved too strong as Timişoara slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Ştiinţa.
Prior to that match, the Timişoara manager D. Toma faced defeat when travelling to Metaloglobus and losing 1-4.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Timişoara manager D. Toma as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sirineasa.
ASU Poli Timişoara has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. The ASU Poli Timişoara manager D. Toma has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mustaca 3 goals | A. Stoica 3 goals | C. Toma 2 goals |
Unirea Slobozia missing players
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
| Unirea Slobozia | ASU Poli Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 |
| 5 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Unirea Dej | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Ripensia Timisoara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Dunarea Calarasi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -17 | 2 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | -27 | 1 |
| 20 | Astra | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | -2 |