Petrolul 52 vs Argeş match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Ilie Oană

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 24.October
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Petrolul 52 and Argeş have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf expression. Both reside in mid-table spots in the Liga 1.

Insights:
  • Petrolul 52 is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Liga 1

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.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Petrolul 52 so far this season. It's trouble wherever Petrolul 52 are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Petrolul 52's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-3 versus Sepsi (in Romania Cup).

Heartbreak before that as Petrolul 52 lost 1-2 at Universitatea Craiova's place.

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 Petrolul have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Petrolul 52 have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Petrolul have conceded 8 goals.

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Argeş form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Argeş so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Argeş seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Argeş have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Catalin George Straton. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to FCM Baia Mare in their previous outing. The Romania Cup duel ended 0-0.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Voluntari in the Liga 1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argeş playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Argeş wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Stats flash: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Argeş have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) against Petrolul.

Top Goalscorers

Petrolul 52C. Irobiso
C. Irobiso
4 goals
ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
4 goals
Petrolul 52G. Grozav
G. Grozav
3 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Argeş missing players

Petrolul 52 Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 6 14
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 2 Lost L 2 4 7
12 5 1 Scored S 2 4 12
17 8 4 Conceded C 7 12 18
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
57% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
36% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 43%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 7%
43% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 29%
29% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
36% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 50%
 
3.1 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.7 3.4
6.4 5.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 4.6
1.9 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.9 7.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 5.8 8.3
2.7 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.2
32% 26% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 27%
 
9.9 7.6 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.3 10.6
3.4 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 7.2 5.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Petrolul 52 is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 14 10 3 1 27 10 8 6 2 0 14 3 6 4 1 1 13 7 17 33
2 Rapid Bucuresti 14 9 1 4 16 9 6 5 1 0 9 3 8 4 0 4 7 6 7 28
3 CFR Cluj 12 8 1 3 20 11 8 6 0 2 15 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 9 25
4 Hermannstadt 13 6 4 3 16 12 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 2 3 1 6 5 4 22
5 Universitatea Craiova 13 6 3 4 16 15 8 5 2 1 13 9 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 21
6 Sepsi 14 5 4 5 21 12 6 2 1 3 12 4 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 19
7 FCSB 12 4 5 3 18 18 7 3 4 0 13 10 5 1 1 3 5 8 0 17
8 Voluntari 14 4 5 5 12 13 7 3 2 2 7 3 7 1 3 3 5 10 -1 17
9 Petrolul 52 14 5 2 7 12 17 7 2 2 3 5 8 7 3 0 4 7 9 -5 17
10 Argeş 14 5 2 7 12 18 8 4 1 3 8 6 6 1 1 4 4 12 -6 17
11 Botoşani 13 4 5 4 12 18 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 2 2 3 5 12 -6 17
12 UTA Arad 14 4 4 6 13 18 6 3 2 1 9 6 8 1 2 5 4 12 -5 16
13 U Craiova 1948 14 4 3 7 14 15 6 3 0 3 6 5 8 1 3 4 8 10 -1 15
14 Universitatea Cluj 14 3 5 6 9 14 6 2 2 2 4 4 8 1 3 4 5 10 -5 14
15 Chindia Targoviste 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 2 4 7 10 -5 12
16 Mioveni 14 1 4 9 9 22 6 0 3 3 4 8 8 1 1 6 5 14 -13 7

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.