Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Sporting Trestieni (5th, 36 pts) and Speranța Drochia (11th, 16 pts). Sporting Trestieni had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Against a league average of 1.63 goals per team per game, Sporting Trestieni ran at 1.41 scored and 1.41 conceded, Speranța Drochia at 0.91 and 2.18.
Sporting Trestieni entered with three wins in a row.
Teren sintetic Nisporeni in Nisporeni staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.


