It's match two of the National Division campaign and important points to play for. Read our complete preview of Petrocub-Sfîntul Gheorghe!
It's no vacation for neither Petrocub nor Sfîntul Gheorghe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Petrocub form and stats
The previous season, Petrocub's league statistics were 20 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 2nd spot in the National Division. In these 28 matches they scored 62 goals and gave away 20. Playing at home in the previous season Petrocub managed 10-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 8 conceded. Petrocub's first National Division home game here at Stadionul Orăşenesc ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 14 matches.
The Petrocub crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Sfîntul Gheorghe here at Stadionul Orăşenesc.
Early season league goal statistics from Petrocub's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Sfîntul Gheorghe form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sfîntul Gheorghe performed last season in the National Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 19/21 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the National Division so far for Sfîntul Gheorghe and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 3 losses from 14 travels.
Gheorghe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Petrocub (placed 8th).
Sfîntul Gheorghe have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Petrocub - Sfîntul Gheorghe 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Petrocub wins - draws - Sfîntul Gheorghe wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Petrocub missing players
Sfîntul Gheorghe missing players
| Petrocub | Sfîntul Gheorghe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Petrocub | Last season | Sfîntul Gheorghe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 71% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 25% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 39% | ||
| 54% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sheriff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Zimbru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | CSF Balti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Milsami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Petrocub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 67 | 70 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 64 |
| 3 | Milsami | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 51 |
| 4 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 5 | CSF Balti | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 45 | -37 | 32 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -14 | 27 |
| 8 | Floresti | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 45 | -76 | -6 |