Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Petrolul 52 welcomes Argeş

Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Wed 10.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15500 seats)

A key match in Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52 have performed well at Stadionul Ilie Oană so far this season with 10 wins from 14 matches. Points have also been lost, 4 after draws and 0 from defeats. In general it's been a long time since Petrolul 52 tasted defeat here at Stadionul Ilie Oană, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games.

A good away victory last time out for Petrolul 52, who won 2-0 against Aerostar Bacău. Before that, Petrolul 52 had a home game versus Universitatea Cluj which ended with a victory 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul 52 as they are travelling to their away game against Luceafărul Oradea in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.

The Petrolul 52 manager G. Mulţescu has got the team scoring with 31 from 14 home games. Petrolul 52 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ilie Oană, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.

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Argeş form and stats

As the visiting team Argeş have produced an overall stat of 4-5-5 so far.

Argeş play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Luceafărul Oradea. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Aerostar Bacău.

The attacking power of Argeş when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 14 matches. As opposed to that, Argeş have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Argeş - Petrolul 52 3-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 0 - 1 (Petrolul 52 wins - draws - Argeş wins).

Top Goalscorers

V. Buhăescu
12 goals
S. Arnăutu
9 goals
L. Marinescu
9 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Argeş missing players

Petrolul 52 Argeş
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
51 31 Scored 12 40
23 8 Conceded 17 23
89% 86% Over 0.5 86% 86%
71% 71% Over 1.5 57% 64%
50% 43% Over 2.5 36% 43%
21% 29% Over 3.5 21% 21%
18% 21% Over 4.5 7% 11%
36% 43% Both teams to score 50% 43%
54% 57% Clean Sheet 21% 39%
21% 14% Failed To Score 43% 32%

  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 Academica Clinceni 28 21 1 6 57 17 14 11 1 2 34 7 14 10 0 4 23 10 40 64
2 Chindia Târgovişte 28 18 6 4 56 29 14 10 3 1 36 18 14 8 3 3 20 11 27 60
3 Petrolul 52 28 18 5 5 51 23 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 8 1 5 20 15 28 59
4 Sportul Snagov 28 18 5 5 43 22 14 9 3 2 19 7 14 9 2 3 24 15 21 59
5 Universitatea Cluj 28 17 6 5 56 20 14 10 3 1 32 9 14 7 3 4 24 11 36 57
6 Argeş 28 14 8 6 40 23 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 4 5 5 12 17 17 50
7 Mioveni 28 13 6 9 41 30 14 8 3 3 26 17 14 5 3 6 15 13 11 45
8 UTA Arad 28 12 5 11 43 39 14 7 2 5 25 21 14 5 3 6 18 18 4 41
9 Ripensia Timişoara 28 9 9 10 33 37 14 6 4 4 17 15 14 3 5 6 16 22 -4 36
10 Metaloglobus 28 9 7 12 26 49 14 6 4 4 14 11 14 3 3 8 12 38 -23 34
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 28 9 6 13 45 46 14 7 2 5 28 22 14 2 4 8 17 24 -1 33
12 Şirineaşa 28 8 9 11 31 32 14 8 2 4 24 13 14 0 7 7 7 19 -1 33
13 SSC Farul 28 10 2 16 36 47 14 8 1 5 24 17 14 2 1 11 12 30 -11 32
14 ASU Poli Timişoara 28 8 7 13 23 28 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 4 3 7 10 14 -5 31
15 Luceafărul Oradea 28 8 7 13 34 50 14 7 4 3 24 13 14 1 3 10 10 37 -16 31
16 Juventus Bucureşti 28 6 12 10 37 41 14 4 6 4 21 17 14 2 6 6 16 24 -4 30
17 Aerostar Bacău 28 7 5 16 39 54 14 5 2 7 21 19 14 2 3 9 18 35 -15 26
18 Baloteşti 28 6 4 18 25 54 14 4 3 7 16 23 14 2 1 11 9 31 -29 22
19 ACS Poli Timişoara 28 4 7 17 25 53 14 3 4 7 16 21 14 1 3 10 9 32 -28 19
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 28 3 7 18 24 71 14 3 4 7 14 24 14 0 3 11 10 47 -47 16
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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