Betting preview: ASU Poli Timişoara faced with a tough challenge when Petrolul 52 visits

Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sun 24.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ştiinţa

The visiting Petrolul 52 side should be favourites in this visit to ASU Poli Timişoara, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

ASU Poli Timişoara and Petrolul 52 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.

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ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats

The struggle is real here at Stadionul Ştiinţa with only 12 points collected from 12 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-3-6.

The home team returns to Stadionul Ştiinţa after sharing the points with Argeş (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Aerostar Bacau with the scoreline 1-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for ASU Poli Timişoara here at Stadionul Ştiinţa, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). ASU Poli Timişoara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

As the visiting team Petrolul 52 have produced an overall stat of 7-1-4 so far.

Petrolul 52 are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Liga 2 against Şirineaşa (placed 9th). Before that, Petrolul 52 travelled to Chindia Târgovişte and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Petrolul 52's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Petrolul 52 in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Petrolul 52 - ASU Poli Timişoara 2-0. ASU Poli Timişoara-Petrolul 52 H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: ASU Poli Timişoara 0 wins, Petrolul 52 1 win, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

L. Marinescu
9 goals
S. Arnăutu
8 goals
L. Cazan
4 goals

ASU Poli Timişoara missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

ASU Poli Timişoara Petrolul 52
Total Home Statistic Away Total
25 12 Played 13 25
84% 83% Over 0.5 85% 88%
52% 42% Over 1.5 77% 72%
32% 33% Over 2.5 46% 52%
8% 17% Over 3.5 31% 24%
4% 8% Over 4.5 23% 20%
40% 42% Both teams to score 46% 40%
36% 42% Clean Sheet 54% 52%
40% 33% Failed To Score 15% 20%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sportul Snagov 25 18 4 3 42 17 12 9 2 1 19 5 13 9 2 2 23 12 25 58
2 Universitatea Cluj 25 17 5 3 55 17 12 10 2 0 31 7 13 7 3 3 24 10 38 56
3 Academica Clinceni 25 18 1 6 48 17 12 9 1 2 27 7 13 9 0 4 21 10 31 55
4 Chindia Târgovişte 25 16 6 3 49 26 12 8 3 1 29 16 13 8 3 2 20 10 23 54
5 Petrolul 52 24 15 5 4 46 20 12 8 4 0 28 8 12 7 1 4 18 12 26 50
6 Argeş 25 12 7 6 36 21 13 9 3 1 26 5 12 3 4 5 10 16 15 43
7 Mioveni 25 11 5 9 38 29 13 7 3 3 25 17 12 4 2 6 13 12 9 38
8 UTA Arad 25 10 5 10 37 35 13 6 2 5 22 20 12 4 3 5 15 15 2 35
9 Şirineaşa 25 8 7 10 31 31 12 8 1 3 24 12 13 0 6 7 7 19 0 31
10 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 25 8 5 12 38 41 12 6 1 5 22 19 13 2 4 7 16 22 -3 29
11 Ripensia Timişoara 25 7 8 10 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 14 12 2 4 6 13 21 -7 29
12 Metaloglobus 25 8 5 12 21 45 12 5 3 4 11 9 13 3 2 8 10 36 -24 29
13 Juventus Bucureşti 25 6 10 9 34 36 13 4 5 4 21 17 12 2 5 5 13 19 -2 28
14 Luceafărul Oradea 25 7 7 11 29 43 12 6 4 2 19 11 13 1 3 9 10 32 -14 28
15 ASU Poli Timişoara 25 7 6 12 19 26 12 3 3 6 9 13 13 4 3 6 10 13 -7 27
16 Aerostar Bacău 25 7 5 13 38 46 13 5 2 6 21 17 12 2 3 7 17 29 -8 26
17 SSC Farul 25 8 2 15 33 45 13 7 1 5 23 17 12 1 1 10 10 28 -12 26
18 Baloteşti 25 6 4 15 23 46 12 4 3 5 15 18 13 2 1 10 8 28 -23 22
19 Dacia Unirea Brăila 25 3 6 16 20 61 13 3 3 7 12 22 12 0 3 9 8 39 -41 15
20 ACS Poli Timişoara 25 3 5 17 21 51 13 2 4 7 13 20 12 1 1 10 8 31 -30 14
21 Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

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