Petrolul 52 and Argeş are both riding high in the Liga 2 with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Argeş could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 2 game only four sleeps ago.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 have collected 22 points from their Liga 2 home games so far after 6-4-2. The last three games played by Petrolul, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Petrolul have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Petrolul drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sporting Turnu. Before that, Petrolul played out a draw 1-1 when visiting UTA Arad.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Petrolul have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul as they are travelling to their away game against Mioveni in the Liga 2. That match is four days after this one.
Petrolul 52 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Petrolul have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Argeş form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2. Argeş are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
The manager I. Badea was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 2 match played at their home ground Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin. Argeş suffered a 2-3 loss to Mioveni. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Rapid Bucuresti.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argeş playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Argeş wins, five draws and four defeats.
After this away game Argeş return home for a Liga 2 game against UTA Arad. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Argeş have scored 16 goals in 12 league games away. Argeş are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Argeş - Petrolul 1-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Petrolul victories, one draw and two Argeş wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Blejdea 14 goals |  S. Arnăutu 10 goals |  V. Buhăescu 5 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Argeş missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 18 | 40 |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 29 |
| 78% | 69% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 79% | 85% |
| 56% | 46% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 79% | 81% |
| 33% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 15% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 56% |
| 48% | 69% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 33% |
| 41% | 46% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 26% |
| 6.3 | 8.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 329 | 176 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 163 | 275 |
| 108 | 61 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 53 | 99 |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 34% | 37% |
- Petrolul 52 has the most matches under the total-line (18)
- Petrolul 52 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Petrolul 52 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | UTA Arad | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting Turnu | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Argeş | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Metaloglobus | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 8 | Dunarea Calarasi | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 | Sirineasa | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 36 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Concordia Chiajna | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Csikszereda | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Scolar Resita | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Sportul Snagov | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 33 | -46 | 9 |
| 19 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 34 | -43 | 8 |
| 20 | Juventus Bucuresti | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -25 | 6 |