Three points for the home side is anticipated from this game if the league table is a guide to future results. The Petrolul 52 supporters are positive that the mismatch between 4th and Otelul's 13th spot in the table will show on the grass.
- Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Otelul have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Romania Cup. That game was also an away game, at FC Bacau. 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.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 have collected 7 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 2-1-1.
An away draw last time out for Petrolul 52, facing Dinamo Bucureşti in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against U Craiova 1948.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Petrolul 52 has scored {8 goals-1} so far and conceded {8 goals-2} from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Otelul form and stats
Otelul are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses).
Two travels in a row for Otelul, whose boss Munteanu could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against FC Bacau.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Voluntari.Otelul 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, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Otelul are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. Otelul's manager Munteanu has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pop 4 goals |   C. Irobiso 3 goals |  G. Grozav 2 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Otelul missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Otelul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 12.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 43% | 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 13.7 | 10.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- All of Petrolul 52's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Otelul have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Otelul have not yet lost a game away.
- Otelul have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Liga 1
- Otelul have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Otelul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Otelul have yet to win a game.
- Petrolul 52 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Petrolul 52 have scored more than double the goals of Otelul.
- 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 | FCSB | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Otelul | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Botosani | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
