Petrolul 52 battle against Voluntari for recognition and victory.
This looks to be an exciting match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Petrolul 52 form and stats
A Liga 1 draw at home so far for Petrolul 52. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
An away draw last time out for Petrolul, facing Botoşani in a game that ended 1-1. A painful moment in the game against Botoşani was the missed penalty kick from Grozav in the 90th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
In the match before that, Petrolul 52 hosted Universitatea Cluj and drew the game 1-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul 52, as the Liga 1 home game vs SSC Farul is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Petrolul 52 at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Voluntari form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Liga 1 ended in defeat. Last season Voluntari had these away match statistics: Played 4; won 2, drew 2 and lost 0.
Voluntari lost away at SSC Farul (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Botoşani.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rapid Bucuresti in just four days.
Voluntari have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous four meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Petrolul, two draws and one win for Voluntari. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Merloi 3 goals |   G. Grozav 1 goals | A. Musi 1 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 24 | 16.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| Petrolul 52 | Last season | Voluntari | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 9 | 16 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 28 | 48 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 31 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 90% | ||
| 64% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 42% | ||
| 18% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 36% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 35% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 25% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | ||
| 9.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Botoşani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Botoşani | 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 |
