Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sporting Lieşti 1st with 55 points, Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 4th with 9, 46 apart. Recent form told a different story for Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 2.14 scored and 1.86 conceded per game, Sporting Lieşti 2.91 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.95.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat. From the last five rounds, Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat held 0 points of 15 and Sporting Lieşti 8.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat win, 4 for Sporting Lieşti, 1 draw, at 3.67 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was Stadionul Olimpia, with room for 6,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, Sporting Lieşti led 2-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-4.