Petrolul 52 supporters put their faith in manager V. Moldovan to deliver victory against Metaloglobus

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Tue 23.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Petrolul 52 have their presumed home advantage while Metaloglobus are ahead 1 point in the Liga 2 table.

Insights:
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52's struggle is real here at Stadionul Ilie Oană with only 8 points collected from 8 Liga 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4.

A nice win for Petrolul 52 last time playing, versus CSM Iasi. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with V. Buhăescu, V. Țicu and R. Moise scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt with a 2-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Petrolul handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.

Petrolul 52 are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 2 match at Pandurii Targu Jiu awaits in four days.

Petrolul are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Metaloglobus form and stats

3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Metaloglobus in their Liga 2 matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Metaloglobus's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for Metaloglobus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus U Craiova 1948 in the Liga 2. A 0-1 defeat away at U Craiova 1948 before that.

Metaloglobus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

A new game in only four days for Metaloglobus, the Liga 2 home match versus Aerostar Bacau. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Metaloglobus have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Metaloglobus as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Petrolul, two draws and one win for Metaloglobus. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MetaloglobusN. Herea
N. Herea
12 goals
Petrolul 52S. Arnăutu
S. Arnăutu
11 goals
MetaloglobusC. Herea
C. Herea
6 goals

Petrolul 52 missing players

Metaloglobus missing players

Petrolul 52 Metaloglobus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 3 Played P 3 7 14
6 2 1 Won W 2 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
5 4 2 Lost L 0 3 4
23 11 2 Scored S 5 7 16
14 10 2 Conceded C 3 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
79% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 43% 57%
50% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 29% 36%
21% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 7%
14% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 29% 36%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 43%
21% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
12.8 12.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.6 7.4
5 4.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 2.7
33% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 35% 42%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 U Craiova 1948 14 8 6 0 27 12 7 5 2 0 15 4 7 3 4 0 12 8 15 30
2 ASU Poli Timisoara 15 7 6 2 16 11 9 5 3 1 9 4 6 2 3 1 7 7 5 27
3 Sirineasa 14 8 2 4 26 21 8 4 1 3 14 14 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 26
4 Rapid Bucuresti 14 8 2 4 22 20 7 4 2 1 10 8 7 4 0 3 12 12 2 26
5 Dunarea Calarasi 14 7 3 4 19 15 6 4 1 1 9 5 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 24
6 Universitatea Cluj 14 7 2 5 18 12 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 3 1 4 9 8 6 23
7 Metaloglobus 14 6 4 4 16 10 7 3 3 1 9 4 7 3 1 3 7 6 6 22
8 Csikszereda 14 6 4 4 16 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 3 2 2 8 6 4 22
9 Petrolul 52 14 6 3 5 23 14 8 2 2 4 11 10 6 4 1 1 12 4 9 21
10 Mioveni 15 5 6 4 13 8 7 1 3 3 3 5 8 4 3 1 10 3 5 21
11 SCM Gloria Buzau 15 5 6 4 17 14 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 4 2 9 8 3 21
12 SSC Farul 14 6 2 6 15 16 7 2 2 3 6 9 7 4 0 3 9 7 -1 20
13 Sporting Turnu 15 4 7 4 23 19 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 19
14 Scolar Resita 14 5 3 6 9 16 7 3 1 3 6 10 7 2 2 3 3 6 -7 18
15 Ripensia Timisoara 14 6 0 8 13 25 6 4 0 2 9 8 8 2 0 6 4 17 -12 18
16 CSM Slatina 14 5 2 7 15 17 7 4 0 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 8 9 -2 17
17 Concordia Chiajna 15 4 3 8 20 21 7 4 0 3 13 8 8 0 3 5 7 13 -1 15
18 Comuna Recea 14 4 3 7 20 26 8 3 2 3 16 14 6 1 1 4 4 12 -6 15
19 Unirea Slobozia 14 4 3 7 12 21 8 2 3 3 5 10 6 2 0 4 7 11 -9 15
20 Aerostar Bacau 14 2 3 9 17 25 7 1 1 5 9 15 7 1 2 4 8 10 -8 9
21 Pandurii Targu Jiu 15 1 2 12 12 34 7 0 1 6 5 15 8 1 1 6 7 19 -22 5

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.