Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Minerul Lupeni 1st with 49 points, Avântul Periam 6th with 20, 29 apart. Avântul Periam ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Avântul Periam were scoring 0.9 and conceding 2, Minerul Lupeni 2.11 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Avântul Periam arrived off six straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for Avântul Periam, 8/15 for Minerul Lupeni.
The match was played at Terenul de fotbal Avântul in Periam (capacity 1,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.