National Division match preview: Petrocub believed to be the weaker party when Sheriff pays a visit

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Competition: Moldova National Division
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Orăşenesc (1000 seats)

The team playing at home, Petrocub, should be favourites in this match, but Sheriff have displayed both ability and bravery. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Petrocub have the most clean sheets (8) in National Division
  • Sheriff have the most scored goals (33) in National Division

The visiting Sheriff played their last game only four days ago, a Moldovan Cup match.

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Petrocub form and stats

5-1-0 is the performance here at Stadionul Orăşenesc so far in the National Division, giving Petrocub a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

A nice win for Petrocub last time playing, versus Olimp Comrat. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-0. As mentioned above, Petrocub "killed" Olimp Comrat in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Floresti and winning 4-3.

Goals are plentiful at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league this season as Petrocub has scored 18 goals here in 6 home games. Defensively Petrocub have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sheriff form and stats

4-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheriff, who have the most scored goals (33) in National Division, in their National Division matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Sheriff as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sheriff goalkeeper Dumitru Celeadnic is eager to challenge this, with his 479 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sheriff won their last game, 6-0 versus Saxan played at home. As mentioned above, Sheriff was the only team on the pitch versus Saxan in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus CSF Bălți in the National Division.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sheriff are hosting Inter in the Champions League only three days away.

Sheriff are a potent attacking force on the road with their 14 goals in 5 league games. Sheriff are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Sheriff - Petrocub 2-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Petrocub wins - draws - Sheriff wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PetrocubV. Ambros
V. Ambros
10 goals
PetrocubM. Plătică
M. Plătică
8 goals
PetrocubV. Gulceac
V. Gulceac
5 goals

Petrocub missing players

Sheriff missing players

Petrocub Sheriff
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
11 5 2 Won W 1 4 9
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
32 18 8 Scored S 1 14 33
11 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
43% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 45%
29% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 27%
57% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 64%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
6.4 7.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9.3 6.6
4.4 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1.5
1.4 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 17.7 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20.7 15.9
7.8 12 14 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 12 7.9
30% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 44%
Key stats in National Division this season:
  • Petrocub have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Petrocub have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Petrocub have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Petrocub have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Petrocub have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in National Division
  • Petrocub have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in National Division
  • Petrocub have the most clean sheets (4) at home in National Division
  • Petrocub have the most clean sheets (8) in National Division
  • Petrocub have the most points (16) at home in National Division
  • Petrocub haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheriff have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sheriff have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheriff have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in National Division
  • Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals (4) in National Division
  • Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in National Division
  • Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in National Division
  • Sheriff have the most scored goals (33) in National Division
  • Sheriff have the the best goal difference (+12) away in National Division
  • Sheriff have the the best goal difference (+29) in National Division
  • Sheriff have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sheriff have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Sheriff haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Petrocub 14 11 1 2 32 11 6 5 1 0 18 2 8 6 0 2 14 9 21 34
2 Milsami 15 10 4 1 30 13 8 4 3 1 15 8 7 6 1 0 15 5 17 34
3 Sheriff 11 9 1 1 33 4 6 5 0 1 19 2 5 4 1 0 14 2 29 28
4 CSF Bălți 16 6 2 8 23 27 8 2 0 6 10 16 8 4 2 2 13 11 -4 20
5 Sfîntul Gheorghe 14 4 5 5 22 25 6 2 1 3 9 8 8 2 4 2 13 17 -3 17
6 Dinamo-Auto 15 5 2 8 19 44 7 1 2 4 8 21 8 4 0 4 11 23 -25 17
7 Zimbru 15 4 3 8 22 19 9 3 2 4 15 10 6 1 1 4 7 9 3 15
8 Floresti 16 0 0 16 10 48 8 0 0 8 7 23 8 0 0 8 3 25 -38 -6