The visiting Petrocub side should be favourites in this visit to Zimbru, as the away team holds a 58 point advantage from their 35 league games this season.
- Zimbru have the most matches under the total-line (14) in National Division
- Petrocub have the fewest points from losing position (2) in National Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Relegation threatens Zimbru who should definitely be looking for some points here.
Zimbru form and stats
With 4 National Division wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats from their home games, Zimbru are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Zimbru are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Floreşti.
In the match before that, Zimbru hosted Dinamo-Auto and drew the game 1-1.Zimbru has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zimbru defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Petrocub form and stats
Petrocub have an excellent away record in the National Division so far with 11-5-1 from 17 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sheriff game have they lost an away game, meaning Petrocub has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
Petrocub's previous game was their home loss versus Sheriff (0-1).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sfîntul Gheorghe with the score of 3-0.Petrocub have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 40 goals from 17 away matches. It's not easy to score on Petrocub as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Petrocub - Zimbru 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Zimbru, one draw and eight wins for Petrocub. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Ambros 16 goals | S. Plătică 11 goals |   A. Pătraş 9 goals |
Zimbru missing players
Petrocub missing players
| Zimbru | Petrocub | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 25 | 40 | 82 |
| 63 | 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 76% | 89% |
| 83% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 65% | 71% |
| 54% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 59% | 51% |
| 34% | 35% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 83% | 47% | 37% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 24% | 17% |
| 46% | 41% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 37% |
| 11% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 53% | 60% |
| 46% | 47% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 34% | 47% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 48% | 42% |
- Petrocub have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Petrocub have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Petrocub have scored more than double the goals of Zimbru.
- Petrocub have the fewest points from losing position (2) in National Division
- Zimbru have the most matches under the total-line (14) in National Division
| 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 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 109 | 98 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 35 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 82 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 64 | 82 |
| 3 | Milsami | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 33 | 70 |
| 4 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 35 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 64 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 47 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 37 | -7 | 45 |
| 7 | Floreşti | 35 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 82 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 43 | -47 | 32 |
| 8 | Zimbru | 35 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 37 | -24 | 24 |
| 9 | Speranţa Nisporeni | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 36 | -52 | 23 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 117 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 65 | -94 | 6 |