Match Info

Romanian Cup - Semi-finals

Date: 18 April 2026, Saturday

Where to Watch on TV:


Romania	Pro Arena


	Steaua București		Politehnica Timişoara

	1	X	2
	6.4	13	1.15
	6.38	12.5	1.18
Avarage Now (Initially)	6.39 ↑ (6.1)	12.75 ↑ (11)	1.17 ↓ (1.19)

The most likely Over/Under: 57.25

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-6)

The best margin for this event is 8.4%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Steaua București
14.3%

Draw
7.2%

Politehnica Timişoara
78.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

15%

8.3%

76.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Steaua București has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.7%)

Politehnica Timişoara has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.8%)

Steaua București - Politehnica Timişoara Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 26:32

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Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Steaua București won 3.

Poli Timişoara is showing top-class performance now (in the last 5 games, wins – 4).

Poli Timişoara may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

Recently, Poli Timişoara has had a series of home games.

In this match, Poli Timişoara is the clear favorite.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Steaua București won 9 matches, drew 5 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 560:552. (average 28:27.6).

Including home matches between the teams, Steaua București won 6 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 293:275. (average 29.3:27.5).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Steaua București Handball
Romanian Cup Handball
11.02.26	Steaua București - Vaslui	34:25 ✺
11.12.25	Steaua București - Viitorul Pitești	42:22 ✺
Romanian Liga Nationala Handball
17.05.25	Vaslui - Steaua București	28:25 ✺
03.05.25	Steaua București - Fagaras	37:36 ✺
25.04.25	CSM București - Steaua București	35:29 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 14.4 WWLWL
- CH Politehnica Timişoara
Romanian Liga Nationala Handball
09.04.26	Politehnica Timişoara - Universitatea Cluj	27:26 ✺
28.03.26	Politehnica Timişoara - CSM Constanța	28:25 ✺
07.03.26	Politehnica Timişoara - Vaslui	30:28 ✺
01.03.26	Minaur Baia Mare - Politehnica Timişoara	24:22 ✺
22.02.26	Politehnica Timişoara - Universitatea Bucovina Suceava	30:25 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.7 WWWLW

Latest Head to Head

Romanian Liga Nationala Handball
01.03.25	Steaua București - Politehnica Timişoara	36:36
28.09.24	Politehnica Timişoara - Steaua București	28:30
24.02.24	Steaua București - Politehnica Timişoara	29:27
22.09.23	Politehnica Timişoara - Steaua București	28:27
01.03.23	Steaua București - Politehnica Timişoara	42:37
21.10.22	Politehnica Timişoara - Steaua București	29:32
Romanian Cup Handball
06.04.22	Steaua București - Politehnica Timişoara	34:28

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