Liga 2 preview of Unirea Constanța - Petrolul 52: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Centrul de Fotbal Buftea Teren 2 (600 seats)

A brief look at the Liga 2 standings point to an edge to Petrolul 52 when they visit Unirea Constanța. However; let's play the game before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Unirea Constanța have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Petrolul 52 have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Unirea Constanța form and stats

With 1 Liga 2 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Unirea Constanța are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Unirea Constanța are returning here after visiting Astra and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Chirițoiu and Tălmaciu scored the goal(s).

Before that game, the home loss against CSA Steaua Bucuresti with the scoreline 0-5.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Constanța here at Centrul de Fotbal Buftea Teren 2 in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 8 games). As for conceded goals, Unirea Constanța's unpleasant statistic is 20 goals surrendered. When Unirea Constanța hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Astra, Dacia Unirea Braila, Sirineasa, Brasov Steagul Renast and Dunarea Calarasi), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52 have an excellent away record in the Liga 2 so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games.

Petrolul 52 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Raul Avram. It's been 200 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 2.

Petrolul played 0-0 against SCM Gloria Buzau in their previous match.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Universitatea Cluj.

It's not easy to score on Petrolul 52 as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Petrolul 52S. Diarra
S. Diarra
9 goals
Petrolul 52A. Vajushi
A. Vajushi
6 goals
Unirea ConstanțaL. Ardelean
L. Ardelean
4 goals

Unirea Constanța missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

Unirea Constanța Petrolul 52
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 7 17
3 1 0 Won W 3 5 14
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
13 6 3 Lost L 0 2 2
16 4 1 Scored S 9 14 35
51 20 9 Conceded C 1 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
50% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 41%
33% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 24%
33% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 18%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 43% 71%
50% 62% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 18%
 
2.2 2.7 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4 5
4.8 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 2.7 3.2
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
4.6 5.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 11.6 11.2
1.9 2.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.6 4.8
48% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 44% 43%
 
12.5 14.4 16.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.9 7.1
6.1 7.4 10.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 2.2
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Unirea Constanța's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Petrolul 52 have created more than twice as many corners as Unirea Constanța.
  • Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Petrolul 52 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Petrolul 52 have scored more than double the goals of Unirea Constanța.
  • Petrolul 52 have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga 2
  • Petrolul 52 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unirea Constanța have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Unirea Constanța have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Unirea Constanța have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unirea Constanța 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 Petrolul 52 17 14 1 2 35 5 10 9 1 0 21 1 7 5 0 2 14 4 30 43
2 Universitatea Cluj 18 13 0 5 31 14 9 8 0 1 18 4 9 5 0 4 13 10 17 39
3 Hermannstadt 18 11 5 2 39 14 10 7 1 2 26 10 8 4 4 0 13 4 25 38
4 Corona Brasov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 18 10 4 4 28 12 10 6 3 1 16 5 8 4 1 3 12 7 16 34
5 Concordia Chiajna 18 9 6 3 17 10 10 5 5 0 10 4 8 4 1 3 7 6 7 33
6 SCM Gloria Buzau 18 9 5 4 43 13 8 5 2 1 26 5 10 4 3 3 17 8 30 32
7 Csikszereda 18 10 2 6 31 22 8 4 1 3 13 10 10 6 1 3 18 12 9 32
8 Unirea Slobozia 18 8 6 4 32 13 8 4 2 2 9 5 10 4 4 2 23 8 19 30
9 Metaloglobus 18 8 4 6 21 20 8 4 2 2 11 9 10 4 2 4 10 11 1 28
10 Ripensia Timisoara 18 6 7 5 18 18 10 2 5 3 8 11 8 4 2 2 10 7 0 25
11 Unirea Dej 18 7 4 7 16 16 10 6 2 2 13 8 8 1 2 5 3 8 0 25
12 Viitorul Selimbar 18 6 5 7 18 25 10 6 2 2 14 11 8 0 3 5 4 14 -7 23
13 CSM Iasi 18 6 4 8 22 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 10 4 2 4 15 12 2 22
14 ASU Poli Timisoara 17 6 3 8 18 22 7 2 2 3 8 9 10 4 1 5 10 13 -4 21
15 Sirineasa 18 5 6 7 15 20 8 3 3 2 6 8 10 2 3 5 9 12 -5 21
16 Brasov Steagul Renast 18 3 4 11 15 31 10 3 1 6 11 21 8 0 3 5 4 10 -16 13
17 Unirea Constanța 18 3 2 13 16 51 8 1 1 6 4 20 10 2 1 7 12 31 -35 11
18 Dunarea Calarasi 18 1 4 13 12 47 9 1 1 7 7 24 9 0 3 6 5 23 -35 7
19 Dacia Unirea Braila 18 0 2 16 7 52 8 0 2 6 2 23 10 0 0 10 5 29 -45 2
20 Astra 18 5 4 9 20 29 10 3 1 6 11 17 8 2 3 3 9 12 -9 -1

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.