Game week two of the Liga 2 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Metaloglobus - Petrolul 52 preview:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Metaloglobus form and stats
Last season, Metaloglobus's league statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Liga 2. Over these 20 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Metaloglobus managed 5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 9 conceded.
Happy days for Metaloglobus in their previous game, a Liga 2 match away at Astra (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Pandurii Targu Jiu.Petrolul 52 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Petrolul 52 performed last season in the Liga 2: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 18/5 goals scored/conceded.
217 minutes! That's how long the Petrolul goalkeeper Raul Avram and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against CSM Iaşi in their previous game.
Before that, Petrolul secured a home win against Aerostar Bacau with the score 2-0.Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Metaloglobus won one, Petrolul 52 won three and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Metaloglobus missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Metaloglobus | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| Metaloglobus | Last season | Petrolul 52 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 54% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 38% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 35% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 38% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 35% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Concordia Chiajna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Unirea Slobozia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Metaloglobus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dunarea Calarasi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ripensia Timişoara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Csikszereda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sirineasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | CSM Iaşi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanța | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Unirea Dej | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |