Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Otelul (3rd, 49 pts) and Ripensia Timişoara (7th, 17 pts). On recent form Ripensia Timişoara sat only 39th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Ripensia Timişoara were scoring 0.33 and conceding 1.83, Otelul 0.8 and 1.3, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
The venue was Stadionul Ciarda Roşie in Timişoara, with room for 1,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Otelul led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.