UTA Arad fights Petrolul 52 in Liga 2 battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Wed 15.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Motorul (7287 seats)

UTA Arad and Petrolul 52 are both riding high in the Liga 2 with their 1st and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

The visiting Petrolul 52 played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 2 match.

Petrolul 52 play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Petrolul 52 when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from five matches. They have scored 11 goals and conceded 6 times in these games.

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UTA Arad form and stats

11-1-0 is the performance here at Stadionul Motorul so far in the Liga 2, giving UTA Arad a total of 34 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results!

The Arad crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-4 to Sporting Turnu here at Stadionul Motorul in a Liga 2 match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ripensia Timisoara in a game that was won 3-0.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Arad are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 2 match at Mioveni awaits in three days.

Goals are plentiful at Stadionul Motorul in the league this season as Arad has scored 31 goals here in 12 home games. Arad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Petrolul 52 playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season.

There were no winners in Petrolul 52's previous match, a Liga 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs Rapid Bucuresti. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Csikszereda at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Petrolul now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 2 game at Sporting Turnu is waiting in only three days.

Petrolul find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Petrolul have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Arad - Petrolul 52 3-0 played earlier this season. UTA Arad-Petrolul 52 H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Arad two wins, Petrolul 52 one win, one draw. four of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AradV. Buhăcianu
V. Buhăcianu
14 goals
UTA AradC. Rus
C. Rus
12 goals
Petrolul 52S. Arnăutu
S. Arnăutu
10 goals

UTA Arad missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

UTA Arad Petrolul 52
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 13 2 Played P 3 12 25
15 11 0 Won W 1 5 11
5 1 1 Drew D 2 4 9
4 1 1 Lost L 0 3 5
55 34 4 Scored S 4 12 26
17 5 5 Conceded C 3 14 20
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 80%
79% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 56%
54% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 36%
25% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 12%
21% 15% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 15% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 32%
58% 85% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 48%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
5 6.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.9 6.5
3.9 2.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.5 3.4
2 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
273 188 29 Total Shots T S 33 139 315
117 83 11 Shots on Target S O 13 44 105
45% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 24%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Petrolul 52 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • UTA Arad has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
  • UTA Arad has the most clean sheets (11) at home
  • UTA Arad has the most clean sheets (14)
  • UTA Arad has the most points (34) at home
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals (31) at home
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals (55)
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals in the second half (32)
  • UTA Arad has the the best goal difference (+30) at home
  • UTA Arad has the the best goal difference (+42)
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • UTA Arad have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • UTA Arad have scored more than double the goals of Petrolul 52.
  • UTA Arad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • UTA Arad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • UTA Arad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 Arges 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

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.