Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul Ploieşti Live Stream, Predictions (Aug 01)

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Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 5-1 Liga I losing effort in their last game against Dinamo Bucharest.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova managed 53% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Universitatea Craiova was Steven Nsimba (50'). Dinamo Bucureşti had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Soro (8'), Alexandru Musi (29'), Cătălin Cîrjan (76') and Pascual (90') scored for Dinamo Bucharest.

Over their past 6 games, Filipe Coelho's Universitatea Craiova have found the net a total of 10 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Leading up to this clash, Universitatea Craiova:

• are undefeated by Petrolul Ploieşti in games played at home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven't lost in the league to Petrolul Ploieşti in their previous 5 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 7 home league matches.

Petrolul Ploieşti

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Argeș Pitești in Liga I competition, Petrolul Ploieşti and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Petrolul Ploieşti had 63% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Argeș Pitești got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Petrolul Ploieşti have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 11 goals in total. At the back, Petrolul Ploieşti have seen their frailties exposed. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/10/2023 tells us that Universitatea Craiova have won 3 of them & Petrolul Ploieşti 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 11 of them from Studenţii and 6 created by Lupii galbeni. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league game between these sides was Liga I match day 22 on 19/01/2026 when it finished Petrolul Ploieşti 0-4 Universitatea Craiova.

That time, Petrolul Ploieşti had 47% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Universitatea Craiova got 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. Steven Nsimba (16', 17'), Ștefan Baiaram (81') and Luca Băsceanu (90') scored.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Universitatea Craiova should really get a couple of goals in this one when they play Petrolul Ploieşti, who could well struggle scoring a goal of their own.

Our tip is for a decent 2-0 winning margin for Universitatea Craiova at the end of this one.

Victor Martins, 03:03 28/07/2026