Boasting a 7 point dominance in the league standings, Petrolul 52 followers wish to see their team collect all points from this match against UTA Arad.
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
UTA Arad play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match occurs on grass. The latest statistics for UTA Arad when featuring on grass are 13 wins, 12 draws and 15 defeats from 40 matches. They have created {34 goals} and conceded 41 times on these occasions.
Petrolul 52 and UTA Arad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Petrolul 52 at their home stadium (Stadionul Ilie Oană) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Petrolul 52, as their goalkeeper Andreas Leitner has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Liga 1.
It's back home for Petrolul 52, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Voluntari away with the result 1-0. Grozav found the net in that victory. Grozav has scored in three games in a row. Skilful!
Ahead of that match, Petrolul 52 won a home game hosting Argeş (2-0).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 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Petrolul 52 are traveling soon after this match as the Romania Cup match at Unirea Slobozia awaits in three days.
Petrolul 52 aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games.
UTA Arad form and stats
There's been little loot from UTA Arad's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Liga 1. UTA Arad only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Recent form does not give Arad much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Petrolul 52 will be a tough nut to crack.
The manager Poenaru was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadionul Motorul. UTA Arad suffered a 0-1 loss to Argeş (placed 8th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Universitatea Craiova.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with UTA Arad playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 UTA Arad wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
The schedule is very tough for UTA Arad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Romania Cup game at SCM Gloria Buzau is waiting in only four days.
Arad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, UTA Arad have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
UTA Arad have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Petrolul.UTA Arad - Petrolul 52 2-0 was the story when this pair of squads formerly did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Grozav 5 goals |  C. Irobiso 4 goals |   V. Postolachi 4 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Petrolul 52 | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 56% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 81% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 38% |
| 3.2 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 6.3 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8 | 9.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 17% | 23% |
| 10.2 | 7.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4 |
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Liga 1
- UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | FCSB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Argeş | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | Botosani | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 8 |
