Match Report
The table read 2nd (Metalurgistul Cugir, 35 pts) against 1st (ACS Târgu Mureș 1898, 45 pts), 10 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Metalurgistul Cugir: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Metalurgistul Cugir 2 scored and 1.1 conceded per game, ACS Târgu Mureș 1898 1.7 and 0.6, with the league averaging 1.32.
ACS Târgu Mureș 1898 had not lost in 9 games.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Metalurgistul Cugir, 1 draw and 3 for ACS Târgu Mureș 1898, at 3.71 goals per meeting. 86% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
The match was played at Stadionul Metalurgistul in Cugir (capacity 12,000). ACS Târgu Mureș 1898 led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.