National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viitorul Şelimbăr or Voluntari that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Viitorul Şelimbăr and Voluntari.
Viitorul Şelimbăr form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Romania Cup for Viitorul Şelimbăr, as the manager Niculescu led his troops to eliminate Muscelul Campulung Elite, and reach the Play-offs. Viitorul was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Romania Cup.The Liga 2 statistics playing at home this season for Viitorul Şelimbăr are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 361 minutes.
Happy days for Viitorul Şelimbăr in their previous game, a fixture away at Concordia Chiajna that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager Niculescu felt very clever after Orte scored the winning goal against Concordia Chiajna, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Before that match, a Liga 2 win away at Alexandria.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Viitorul Şelimbăr at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari was sent out of Romania Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Voluntari have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Voluntari has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Otelul for a 2-2 draw. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Voluntari's duel with Otelul. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Niță found the equalizer.
The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Dinamo Bucureşti.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting CFR Cluj in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Voluntari's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Voluntari have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Merloi 3 goals |  A. Nemec 2 goals |  R. Rotund 1 goals |
Viitorul Şelimbăr missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Viitorul Şelimbăr | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Scored | S | 24 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Unirea Slobozia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Slatina | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Alexandria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Csikszereda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Sirineasa | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Arges | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Dumbravita | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Metaloglobus | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Tunari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Progresul Spartac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Otelul | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Botosani | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
