Liga 1 preview: Can Petrolul 52 edge out victory against Mioveni?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Petrolul 52 are listed as favourites to win this home match against Mioveni, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (3) in Liga 1

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Petrolul 52 so far this season.

The Petrolul goalkeeper Octavian Gabriel Valceanu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 276 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

A good away victory last time out for Petrolul 52, who won 1-0 against U Craiova 1948 (placed 11th). It's uncommon, but the exact score line 1-0 has been on "repeat" three times in a row.

Ahead of that match, Petrolul 52 won a home game hosting Rapid Bucuresti (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Petrolul handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Betting people who like betting for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 6 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul 52 as they are travelling to their away game against Chindia Targoviste in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.

Petrolul 52 aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. From these home matches, Petrolul have conceded only 2 goals.

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Mioveni form and stats

It's not happening yet for Mioveni on their Liga 1 travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three consecutive losses in away matches means Mioveni are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Mioveni aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 244 league minutes without a goal. Balaur was the last player to find the net.

Mioveni failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Arges (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Universitatea Craiova wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Mioveni have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mioveni are hosting UTA Arad in the Liga 1 only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mioveni as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Mioveni are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous six meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Petrolul, three draws and one win for Mioveni. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Petrolul 52G. Grozav
G. Grozav
2 goals
Petrolul 52G. Tamaş
G. Tamaş
1 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Mioveni missing players

Petrolul 52 Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
4 2 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 2 0 Conceded C 3 8 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
17% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 67%
 
2.8 3.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.3
7.5 7.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.3 3.8
2.2 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.2 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.7 7
2.7 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 2
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
 
9.3 6.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.7 11.7
2.5 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.7 5.7
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Mioveni have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Mioveni have the fewest points (0) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (3) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (12) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (8) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mioveni is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rapid Bucuresti 6 4 0 2 6 3 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 12
2 Botosani 5 3 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 11
3 Petrolul 52 6 3 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 10
4 Hermannstadt 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 9
5 SSC Farul 5 2 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 9
6 CFR Cluj 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 9
7 Arges 6 3 0 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 0 2 2 6 -2 9
8 Universitatea Craiova 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 8
9 Sepsi 5 1 4 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 7
10 Voluntari 5 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 7
11 U Craiova 1948 6 2 1 3 8 7 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 7
12 UTA Arad 6 2 1 3 4 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 3 0 6 -3 7
13 FCSB 5 1 3 1 6 7 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 6
14 Chindia Targoviste 5 0 2 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -4 2
15 Universitatea Cluj 5 0 2 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 2
16 Mioveni 6 0 1 5 3 12 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 1

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.