Liga 1 duel: Close contest expected between Universitatea Cluj and Petrolul 52

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30200 seats)

Universitatea Cluj contest Petrolul 52, who have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga 1, for prestige and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Universitatea Cluj have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga 1

This should be an absorbing match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

A Liga 1 draw at home so far for Universitatea Cluj. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 5 matches.

Universitatea Cluj lost their last game at Arges (placed 6th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The penalty miss from Purece in the defeat against Arges was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Universitatea Craiova.

At Cluj Arena, Universitatea Cluj has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga 1 were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 5 fixtures.

Petrolul 52 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sepsi (placed 7th) in their previous match.

A 0-2 defeat away at UTA Arad before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Petrolul 52 in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Petrolul 52, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Petrolul 52 has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Universitatea Cluj-Petrolul 52 H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Universitatea three wins, Petrolul 52 three wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea ClujI. Filip
I. Filip
1 goals
Petrolul 52G. Tamaş
G. Tamaş
1 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

Universitatea Cluj Petrolul 52
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
5 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
2.3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.3
3.7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.7
2.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8
3.7 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.7
27% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
 
11 12 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 6.3
3 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Liga 1
Universitatea Cluj Last season Petrolul 52
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   14 29
18 12   Won W   8 19
3 0   Drew D   2 6
8 3   Lost L   4 4
47 30   Scored S   24 50
23 10   Conceded C   12 14
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 83%
66% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 66%
52% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 41%
24% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
34% 47%   BTTS BTTS   43% 28%
55% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 66%
17% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
4.5 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.1
4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.7
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
10.8 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 10
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.3
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%
 
7.8 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 8
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.4

  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 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
2 Voluntari 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Botosani 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Rapid Bucuresti 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
5 CFR Cluj 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 6
6 Arges 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 6
7 Sepsi 3 1 2 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 5
8 Hermannstadt 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 U Craiova 1948 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
10 UTA Arad 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
11 Chindia Targoviste 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
12 Universitatea Craiova 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
13 Universitatea Cluj 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 2
14 FCSB 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Petrolul 52 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
16 Mioveni 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -7 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 Petrolul 52 10 3 5 2 9 7 5 2 3 0 5 1 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 63
2 Hermannstadt 10 5 5 0 14 5 5 2 3 0 5 2 5 3 2 0 9 3 9 61
3 Universitatea Cluj 10 4 3 3 13 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 4 3 4 57
4 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 10 3 4 3 10 10 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 0 4 1 2 3 0 50
5 Concordia Chiajna 10 2 2 6 8 17 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 0 1 4 3 11 -9 44
6 Unirea Slobozia 10 1 5 4 6 12 5 0 5 0 3 3 5 1 0 4 3 9 -6 41

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.