Who will claim the points when Petrolul 52 visit Botoşani? In this pre-match guide you'll get all the relevant news and stats necessary to get smart.
- Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Botoşani form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Botoşani at their home stadium (Stadionul Municipal) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The Botoşani goalkeeper Eduard Adrian Pap is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
Botoşani enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Arges's place. The match ended 2-0 with Mailat (2) scoring.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Universitatea Craiova.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botoşani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Low on goals? In this team's last 13 league games, 10 have seen two goals or less.
Botoşani has scored {11 goals-1} so far and conceded {11 goals-2} from 11 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
The visitors are W4-D0-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Constantin, the Petrolul 52 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Petrolul 52's previous game was their home loss versus Chindia Targoviste (1-2).
Prior to that match, the Petrolul 52 manager Constantin faced defeat when travelling to Mioveni and losing 0-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Petrolul 52 playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were {1 Petrolul 52 wins}, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Petrolul as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Petrolul 52 have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met earlier this season: Petrolul 52 - Botoşani 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 8 goals |   G. Grozav 7 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Botoşani | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 34 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 65% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| 22% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 17% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 4% |
| 43% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 27% | 30% |
| 11.9 | 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
- Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | CFR Cluj | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | FCSB | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Botoşani | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Arges | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 15 |
