📏 Form Guide

CSM Politehnica Iași

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CSM Politehnica Iași will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat in their last game at the hands of Hermannstadt.

In that game, CSM Politehnica Iași had 46% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. At the other end, Hermannstadt got 13 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Ianis Stoica (75') scored for Hermannstadt.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where CSM Politehnica Iași have been participants. In terms of the goal attribution from that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 3 while CSM Politehnica Iași got themselves 5.

Petrolul Ploieşti

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After tasting defeat last time out to Oţelul Galaţi in Liga 1 Play Offs competition, Petrolul Ploieşti and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Petrolul Ploieşti had 47% possession and 11 shots at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Oţelul Galaţi had 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Nikola Stevanović (73') was the scorer for Oţelul Galaţi.

The numbers tell their own story, and Petrolul Ploieşti have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in total. At the back, Petrolul Ploieşti can certainly do much better. We will find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 30/04/2016 tells us that CSM Politehnica Iași have won 3 of these and Petrolul Ploieşti 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

11 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them from Alb-Albaştrii and 5 for Lupii galbeni. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league meeting between these sides was Liga I match day 29 on 02/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of CSM Politehnica Iași 1-0 Petrolul Ploieşti.

That time, CSM Politehnica Iași managed 38% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Petrolul Ploieşti got 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

ℹ️ Team News: CSM Politehnica Iași

In our view, Alb-Albaştrii will probably line up in a 4-4-1-1 system for this game featuring Jesus Fernandez, Guilherme Soares, Mohammed Umar, Matija Boben, Rares Ispas, Stefan Stefanovici, Mihai Bordeianu, Julian Marchioni, Tailson, Alin Roman and Sekou Camara.

🗞️ Team News: Petrolul Ploieşti

We’re of the thinking that Lupii galbeni could decide to make use of a 3-2-4-1 lineup, starting Raul Balbarau, Yohan Roche, Paul Papp, Marian Huja, Kilian Ludewig, Denis Radu, Mihnea Radulescu, Tommi Jyry, Tidiane Keita, Gheorghe Grozav and Christian Irobiso.

💡 Prediction

We think that CSM Politehnica Iași may find it difficult to be putting a goal past this Petrolul Ploieşti side who we think might score one, at least.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 win for Petrolul Ploieşti at the end of this one.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Peter Guest, 12:01 18/05/2025