Full preview: Petrolul 52 favourite to win against Dacia Unirea Brăila at Stadionul Ilie Oană

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Dacia Unirea Brăila have come here for an intriguing duel against the hosts Petrolul 52. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Liga 2 preview!

Insights:
  • Dacia Unirea Brăila have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Liga 2

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Romania Cup.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Perfect Liga 2 season at home so far for Petrolul 52 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Raul Avram not having conceded a league goal in 202 minutes.

Happy days for Petrolul in their previous game, a Liga 2 match away at Sirineasa (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.

Before that, Petrolul had a home game versus Csikszereda which ended with a victory 2-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Petrolul as they are travelling to their away game against Plopeni in the Romania Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Petrolul 52 has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Dacia Unirea Brăila form and stats

It's not happening yet for Dacia Unirea Brăila on their Liga 2 travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on F. Petre, the Unirea manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Dacia Unirea Brăila won their last game, 1-0 versus Otelul played at home.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Astra in the Liga 2.

3 goals so far away for Dacia Unirea Brăila, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Petrolul 52-Dacia Unirea Brăila H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Petrolul 52 two wins, Dacia Unirea Brăila zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Petrolul 52M. Bratu
M. Bratu
2 goals
Petrolul 52A. Vajushi
A. Vajushi
2 goals
Petrolul 52V. Țicu
V. Țicu
1 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Dacia Unirea Brăila missing players

Petrolul 52 Dacia Unirea Brăila
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
7 4 2 Scored S 2 3 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 5 8 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
3.5 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 5.2
4.8 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.2
1.5 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 13.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.5 13
4.8 6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6 6.2
37% 33% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 16%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Dacia Unirea Brăila have the most conceded goals (8) away in Liga 2
  • Dacia Unirea Brăila have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Liga 2
Petrolul 52 Last season Dacia Unirea Brăila
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   9 18
12 4   Won W   7 12
6 3   Drew D   0 2
7 6   Lost L   2 4
38 15   Scored S   27 56
20 13   Conceded C   7 19
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
40% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 94%
20% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 56%
8% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 28%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   44% 61%
36% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   56% 39%
24% 31%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.8 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3 5.7
3.4 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.2
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.6 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 19
5 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 7.2
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   83% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Concordia Chiajna 4 4 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 7 12
2 Unirea Slobozia 4 3 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 10 10
3 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 10
4 Corona Brasov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hermannstadt 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
5 Petrolul 52 4 3 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
6 Universitatea Cluj 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 9
7 ASU Poli Timisoara 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 7
8 Metaloglobus 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
9 Ripensia Timisoara 4 1 3 0 6 4 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
10 Unirea Dej 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
11 SCM Gloria Buzau 4 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 4
12 CSM Iasi 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
13 Viitorul Şelimbăr 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
14 Brasov Steagul Renast 4 0 3 1 3 9 2 0 1 1 2 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 -6 3
15 Dacia Unirea Brăila 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 2
16 Dunărea Călăraşi 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 -5 2
17 Sirineasa 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1
18 Csikszereda 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
19 Unirea Constanța 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
20 Astra 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 -1
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 Otelul 18 13 2 3 54 13 9 7 1 1 33 5 9 6 1 2 21 8 41 41
2 Dacia Unirea Brăila 18 12 2 4 56 19 9 5 2 2 29 12 9 7 0 2 27 7 37 38
3 Focsani 18 10 6 2 41 19 9 4 3 2 23 13 9 6 3 0 18 6 22 36
4 Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat 18 10 3 5 29 23 9 7 0 2 17 8 9 3 3 3 12 15 6 33
5 Viitorul Ianca 18 8 5 5 40 24 9 5 1 3 29 12 9 3 4 2 11 12 16 29
6 Sporting Liesti 18 8 3 7 31 27 9 5 2 2 17 8 9 3 1 5 14 19 4 27
7 CSM Bacau 18 5 4 9 16 29 9 3 2 4 10 13 9 2 2 5 6 16 -13 19
8 Avantul Valea Marului 18 4 1 13 12 33 9 2 1 6 5 15 9 2 0 7 7 18 -21 13
9 Faurei 18 2 4 12 15 50 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 0 2 7 7 37 -35 8
10 Sportul Chiscani 18 2 2 14 9 66 9 0 2 7 5 28 9 2 0 7 4 38 -57 8

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.