Betting preview: Petrolul 52 vs Universitatea Cluj should be interesting

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Petrolul 52 and Universitatea Cluj match-goers have their most treasured supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new Liga 1 season. Game on!

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

The previous season, Petrolul 52's league stats were 11 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses, results that produced 8th place in the Liga 1. In these 30 matches they scored {28 goals} and gave away 44. Playing as the home side in the last season Petrolul 52 produced 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 18 conceded.

Petrolul 52 have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Petrolul 52 have scored {4 goals} and conceded 12 times.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

Let's have a look at how Universitatea Cluj performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 9/26 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Universitatea Cluj as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Universitatea Cluj have played six with the results W1-D2-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Universitatea Cluj has scored {6 goals} and conceded 11 times.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Petrolul won five, Universitatea Cluj were winners in four and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Petrolul 52 missing players

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Petrolul 52 Universitatea Cluj
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Petrolul 52 Last season Universitatea Cluj
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   19 39
16 9   Won W   4 13
4 3   Drew D   5 11
19 8   Lost L   10 15
37 21   Scored S   13 37
53 21   Conceded C   29 46
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 90%
64% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 67%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 33%
18% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 18%
10% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
36% 35%   BTTS BTTS   37% 41%
33% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 36%
33% 30%   Failed to Score F T   47% 33%
 
3.5 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.5
5.6 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.2
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
7 4   Red cards R C   2 6
 
8.1 8   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 11
3.1 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 4.1
31% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 23%
 
9.9 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 9.6
3.9 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Petrolul 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 U Craiova 1948 9 4 4 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 3 0 4 2 6 36
2 Voluntari 9 4 5 0 17 11 5 2 3 0 7 4 4 2 2 0 10 7 6 34
3 Petrolul 52 9 5 1 3 9 9 5 3 0 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 6 0 34
4 Universitatea Cluj 9 5 1 3 12 9 5 3 0 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 33
5 Botosani 9 4 3 2 10 5 5 3 2 0 7 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 31
6 Hermannstadt 9 4 3 2 10 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 31
7 UTA Arad 9 3 3 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 2 6 6 1 26
8 Arges 9 3 1 5 10 11 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 4 7 -1 24
9 Chindia Targoviste 9 2 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 1 5 -5 23
10 Mioveni 9 0 0 9 1 19 4 0 0 4 0 7 5 0 0 5 1 12 -18 11

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.