Another interesting game in the Liga 2. Petrolul 52 is in the 12th position after playing two matches. They welcome Ripensia Timişoara who are placed 17th after one games.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Petrolul 52 form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga 2 game of the season here at Stadionul Ilie Oană. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from Petrolul 52's 2 home games.
Happy days for Petrolul 52 in their previous game, a Liga 2 match away at Scolar Resita (placed 15th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to SSC Farul (1-2).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Petrolul played a great game against Scolar Resita and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Petrolul 52's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Ripensia Timişoara form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Liga 2 ended in defeat. Last season Ripensia Timişoara had these away match statistics: Played 12; won 2, drew 7 and lost 3.
Timişoara are travelling again after losing away to U Craiova 1948 in their previous match (1-4). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dunarea Calarasi.
A new game in only four days for Ripensia Timişoara, the Liga 2 home match versus Aerostar Bacau. Busy days.
Ripensia Timişoara have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Let's have a look at how Ripensia Timişoara performed last season in the Liga 2: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 14/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Petrolul won three, Ripensia Timişoara won zero and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Petrolul 52 missing players
Ripensia Timişoara missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Ripensia Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Petrolul 52 | Last season | Ripensia Timişoara | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | ||
| 38% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 62% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 38% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 62% | ||
| 45% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 17% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 33% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 357 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 79 | 236 | ||
| 120 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 96 | ||
| 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Dunarea Calarasi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sirineasa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Sporting Turnu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Csikszereda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Unirea Slobozia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Scolar Resita | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Metaloglobus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timişoara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Aerostar Bacau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Comuna Recea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | CSM Slatina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | Arges | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | Mioveni | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 27 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Sporting Turnu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |