LIVE. Oțelul – FC Hermannstadt, a game from round #30 of the Superliga, between two teams that will also face each other in the play-out

The steel comes after one of the hardest defeats this season, 0-4 away to U Cluj, while FC Hermannstadt ticked off in the previous round only the 4th success of the season, 3-1 against FC Botoșani, the team that, in the return, fell from first place to 8th.

In the round, the Galatasarays prevailed 3-1. Since then, the Sibiu have been sinking to the bottom of the standings, now the difference between the two teams is 21 points in favor of today's hosts.

Steel – FC Hermannstadt, live at 14:30

Steel – FC Hermannstadt, starting teams

Galati Steel (4-3-3): I. Popescu – Ferreira, Lopes, P. Iacob, Holz – An. Ciobanu, Zivulic (capt.), Andrezinho – Bană, Fernandes, Campos
reserves: Dur-Bozoancă, G. Ursu, D. Neicu, Zhelev, Bordun, Chira, D. Sandu, Almeida, Postelnicu, C. Neicu, Debeljuh
Coach: Laszlo Balint

Hermannstadt (4-3-3): Lazar – Capușa, Karo, Chorbadzhiyski, Stancu – Tavares, Ivanov, Florescu – Neguț (capt.), A. Chițu, Politic
reserves: Mutiu, I. Pop, I. Stoica, Issah, Bartsan, Zargary, Dr. Albu, Simba, Buș, Afalna, Gjorgjievski, Ritivoi
Coach: Dorinel Munteanu

Stadium: “The Steel”
Referee: Andrei Moroita
Assistants: Mircea Grigoriu, Andrei Constantinescu
VAR Referee: Ionut Coza
Assistant VAR: Ovidiu Artene

Superliga standings

Steel – FC Hermannstadt, the most important information

• Seven wins, four draws and only three defeats is the record recorded by the Galatasaray team in the current championship at home. On the other hand, the Sibiu won two of the 14 trips, and four other times they ended in a draw.

• 22 of the 39 goals scored by Oțelul were scored in the first half.

• FC Hermannstadt have conceded at least one goal in 28 of the 29 matches played in the current championship (Otelel – 11 matches without conceding a goal).

• With three goals scored, three decisive assists and a penalty taken in 1,200 minutes played, Ștefan Daniel Bană was at the end of the previous round one of the four domestic U 21 eligible players in the current edition with seven offensive contributions (along with Lorenzo Biliboc, Alexandru Musi, Eduard Radaslavescu).

• The Sibian group is the formation with the fewest committed fouls, only 313 (Oțelul – 371).

The two teams have met in the main domestic competition seven times before, each of them recorded three victories, and one game ended in a draw.

• The first match took place on October 28, 2023, Oţelul-FC Hermannstadt 1-1.

• The biggest score difference was recorded on March 2, 2024, FC Hermannstadt-Oţelul 4-1.

• The most recent direct match in the Romanian Superliga: November 2, 2025, FC Hermannstadt-Oțelul 1-3 (scorers: Andreas Karo / Paulinho, Andrezinho, Conrado Holz).

The game will be a special one for Dorinel Munteanu, coach who wrote history in Galaţi. “Neamțul” won the title and the Steel Supercup in 2010/2011, then, in 2023, promoted the Moldovans, this after taking over the team from the third echelon.