Home advantage could prove decisive in Petrolul 52 - Mioveni battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Centrul de Fotbal Buftea (9513 seats)

Petrolul 52 have accomplished 6 home triumphs up until now, Mioveni have won 2 away. Who boosts their standings after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Romania Cup. That game was also an away game, at Sepsi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Petrolul 52 at their home stadium (Centrul de Fotbal Buftea) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The Petrolul goalkeeper Octavian Gabriel Valceanu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

It's back home for Petrolul 52, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating U Craiova 1948 away with the result 1-0. Țicu found the net in that victory. It's almost unrealistic, but the exact score line 1-0 has repeated itself three league matches in a row.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against UTA Arad.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Petrolul 52 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Petrolul 52 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Petrolul have conceded 18 goals.

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Mioveni form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mioveni so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

Mioveni are looking to quickly end their 182 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.

Two away games in a row for Mioveni, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 against Sepsi in the Romania Cup.

The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Chindia Targoviste.

Mioveni are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

As for defending, Mioveni rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other previously this season, with the result Mioveni - Petrolul 52 1-0 logged in the official records. Stats for the previous eight meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Petrolul 52, four draws and two wins for Mioveni. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

PetrolulG. Grozav
G. Grozav
8 goals
Petrolul 52C. Irobiso
C. Irobiso
7 goals
MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
7 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Mioveni missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Petrolul 52 Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
13 7 5 Won W 1 2 4
3 3 0 Drew D 1 4 10
16 6 1 Lost L 3 10 18
30 18 10 Scored S 5 15 23
44 18 4 Conceded C 10 32 49
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
62% 69% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 62%
34% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 69% 41%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 19%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
38% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 44%
34% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 19%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 47%
 
3.6 3.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.8 3.1
5.8 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.9 4.7
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 1.9
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.2 8 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.7 7.8
3.2 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.1 2.9
29% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 24%
 
10.3 8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.8 11
4 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6 4.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Liga 1

  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

Table
  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

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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.