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Petrolul Ploieşti vs FC U Craiova Live Stream, Predictions
The next Liga 1 Play Offs game on Monday will see Petrolul Ploieşti playing against opponents FC U Craiova.
Our tips, poll and stats for Petrolul Ploieşti v FC U Craiova can all be found here (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Petrolul Ploieşti
DWLLLL 📉
Petrolul Ploieşti will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-2 Liga I loss in their previous game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.
In that match, Petrolul Ploieşti had 58% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Petrolul Ploieşti was Albin Berisha (87'). On the other side, Sepsi OSK got 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Florin Ștefan (15') and Gabriel Debeljuh (90') scored for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.
It’s been seldom in recent games where Petrolul Ploieşti have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Petrolul Ploieşti have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 8 goals on the way. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be replicated in this upcoming game or not.
FC U Craiova
LLLDLL 📉
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Universitatea Craiova in Liga I competition, FC U Craiova will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, FC U Craiova had 49% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for FC U Craiova was Aurelian Chițu (45'). Universitatea Craiova got 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Alexandru Mitriţă (70') was the scorer for Universitatea Craiova.
The numbers tell their own story, and FC U Craiova have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 11 goals overall. Defensively, FC U Craiova can certainly do much better.
↔️ Head to head
The previous league meeting between the two was Liga I match day 21 on 19/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of FC U Craiova 2-0 Petrolul Ploieşti.
In that game, FC U Craiova managed 55% possession and 20 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Vlad Achim (78') and Vladislav Blănuță (90').
Petrolul Ploieşti had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.
🗞️ Team News: Petrolul Ploieşti
The Petrolul Ploieşti boss Florin Pârvu has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from.
It’s our opinion that Lupii galbeni may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game and select Lukas Zima, Lucian Dumitriu, Paul Papp, G. Gomes Garutti, Valentin Ticu, Sergiu Hanca, Takayuki Seto, A. Marian Musi, Jair, Alexandru Isfan and Albin Berisha.
ℹ️ Team News: FC U Craiova
Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the FC U Craiova boss Giovanni Constantino does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this game.
We believe Studenții seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Ion-Cristian Gurau, Radu Negru, Rokas Lekiatas, Leo Lacroix, Matheus Mascarenhas, Vlad Achim, Constantin Albu, William Baeten, Juan Bauza, Aurelian Chitu and Vladislav Blanuta.
⚡ Prediction
Our assessment here is that FC U Craiova will need things to go their way to breach the defence of this Petrolul Ploieşti side who should score at least once to gain the upper hand.
We therefore fancy a 1-0 win for Petrolul Ploieşti when the referee blows for full-time.
Looking forward to this.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 18:00 18/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Petrolul Ploieşti
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15,500)
Captain: Valentin Țicu
Chairman: Claudiu Tudor
Manager: Florin Pârvu
Competitions: Liga I position 10, Liga 1 Play Offs (Play-Out)
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 64 | DWWWL |
2 |
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30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 55 | WLWDW |
3 |
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30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 53 | WWDDW |
4 |
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30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | DWWDW |
5 |
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30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 43 | WDLDD |
6 |
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30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 43 | LDWWW |
7 |
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30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | -3 | 42 | DDWWD |
8 |
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30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 40 | WWLWL |
9 |
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30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | LWLWL |
10 |
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30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 35 | WLLLL |
11 |
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30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | -5 | 34 | LDDLD |
12 |
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30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | -11 | 33 | LWDDD |
13 |
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30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -7 | 31 | LLDLL |
14 |
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30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 29 | WLWDW |
15 |
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30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -18 | 28 | LLLLD |
16 |
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30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -22 | 21 | DLLLD |
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Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe |
Steaua Bucharest |
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Universitatea Craiova |
UTA Arad |
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CSM Politehnica Iași |
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Universitatea Craiova |
UTA Arad |
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FC U Craiova |
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CSM Politehnica Iași |
Hermannstadt |
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Cluj |
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Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe |
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Universitatea Craiova |
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CSM Politehnica Iași |
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Cluj |
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Dinamo Bucharest |
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Rapid Bucharest |
UTA Arad |
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Hermannstadt |
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Oţelul Galaţi |
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Farul Constanța |
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Rapid Bucharest |
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Voluntari |
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Dinamo Bucharest |
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Voluntari |
Universitatea Cluj |
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UTA Arad |
Hermannstadt |
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Botoșani |
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Oţelul Galaţi |
CSM Politehnica Iași |
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Botoșani |
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Dinamo Bucharest |
Voluntari |
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Universitatea Cluj |
UTA Arad |
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Hermannstadt |