Here's everything we know about the Argeş - Petrolul 52 match:

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Here's every piece of info you must know, and even more, about the Argeş - Petrolul 52 match!

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Argeş and Petrolul 52 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Argeş form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Argeş have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the Liga 1.

In their previous game, the manager Vintilă led his Argeş to a defeat away at U Craiova 1948. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus UTA Arad.

This is expected to be a close game, with Argeş perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argeş as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Argeş has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). Argeş's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52 have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 5-0-10 (15 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Petrolul 52 in their previous game as they lost hosting Hermannstadt, 0-1. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chindia Targoviste at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Petrolul 52 in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Petrolul 52, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have had two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Petrolul struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Argeş - Petrolul 52 0-1 was the score in these teams' latest head to head game, earlier this season. Statistics for the prior six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Argeş, one draw and two wins for Petrolul 52. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
12 goals
Petrolul 52G. Grozav
G. Grozav
10 goals
Petrolul 52C. Irobiso
C. Irobiso
7 goals

Argeş missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

Argeş Petrolul 52
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 18 5 Played P 6 18 38
8 5 1 Won W 2 7 16
10 5 1 Drew D 0 1 4
20 8 3 Lost L 4 10 18
28 15 3 Scored S 6 16 37
52 23 10 Conceded C 13 29 50
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
63% 61% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 61% 63%
34% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 34%
18% 22% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 18%
5% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 11%
37% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 37%
26% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 34%
47% 50% 80% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 32%
 
3.4 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.2 3.4
4.5 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.3 5.6
2.2 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
7.8 9.7 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 8.2 8.1
2.8 3.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.3 3.2
26% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 31%
 
11.6 10.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.6 9.9
4.8 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botoşani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Argeş 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.