Match Report
42 points separated the sides: Cetate Deva 1st on 57, Progresul Ezeriș 6th on 15. Progresul Ezeriș ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Progresul Ezeriș were scoring 1.3 and conceding 3.3, Cetate Deva 1.89 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.77 goals per team per game.
Progresul Ezeriș arrived off four straight defeats. Cetate Deva arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Progresul Ezeriș against 15/15 for Cetate Deva.
The venue was Stadionul Gloria, with room for 12,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, Cetate Deva led 5-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-7.