Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Universitatea Cluj & Rapid Bucuresti face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga 1. That game, against Argeş, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rapid Bucuresti.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Last season, Universitatea Cluj's Romania Cup journey ended in the 4th round.When playing at home in the Liga 1, Universitatea Cluj have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
Universitatea Cluj are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Petrolul 52.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Liga 1 home game that ended 1-1 versus Argeş.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga 1 game versus UTA Arad in only four days. This game is also played here at Cluj Arena.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Universitatea here at Cluj Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Universitatea Cluj have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Rapid Bucuresti are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Argeş.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Universitatea Craiova in the Liga 1.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universitatea three wins, two draws and Rapid Bucuresti five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 6 goals |  A. Bălan 4 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Argeş | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
