Liga 1: Petrolul 52 prevails over UTA Arad 2-1
PLOIEşTI. Petrolul 52 defeated UTA Arad to win 2-1.
PLOIEşTI. Petrolul 52 conquered UTA Arad to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Petrolul 52 to strike first with a penalty of Jair at the 51′. Then C. Irobiso scored again for Petrolul 52 in the 67′ minute with a goal. Eventually, P. Otele reduced the distance for UTA Arad with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Petrolul 52 remained in 10 people after C. Irobiso received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium in Ploieşti on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Marian Alexandru Barbu with the assistance of Imre-Laszlo Bucsi and Stelian Slabu. The 4th official was Cristina Mariana Trandafir. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 15.8 degrees Celsius or 60.35 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 91%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Petrolul 52 was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. UTA Arad that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
UTA Arad was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Petrolul 52 succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Petrolul 52 shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, UTA Arad shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Petrolul 52 received 1 yellow card (F. Borta). On the opposite side, UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (M. Dobrescu, V. Postolachi and A. Chindris).
(Petrolul 52) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (90′).
After this encounter, Petrolul 52 will have 23 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, UTA Arad will stay with 16 points like Chindia Târgovişte and U Craiova 1948 to stay in the 15th place.
Match Events
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28'28'
M. Dobrescu
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37'37'
F. Borta
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40'40'
V. Postolachi
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45'45'
A. Chindris
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51'51'
Jair (Penalty)
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54'54'
D. Ubbink
A. Chindris
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62'62'
C. Negoescu
R. Pop
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63'63'
C. Keseru
A. Stahl
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67'67'
C. Irobiso
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72'72'
L. Dumitriu
G. Grozav
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76'76'
P. Otele
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80'80'
C. Budescu
M. Cioiu
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87'87'
W. Jobello
P. Otele
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90'90'
C. Irobiso
Next match
In the upcoming Liga 1 match, Petrolul 52 will play away with Sepsi on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Sepsi (1 draw).
UTA Arad will host Voluntari on the 13th of November with a 2-2 head to head.
Petrolul 52: Formation and Lineups
Petrolul 52 started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Nicolae Constantin chose to play with the following team: Octavian Gabriel Vâlceanu, Félix Mathaus Lima Santos, Bart Meijers, Valentin Constantin Țicu, Marian Fernando Huja, Florin Gheorghe Borţa, Takayuki Seto, Jair Tavares da Silva, Marius Iulian Cioiu, Gheorghe Teodor Grozav and Christian Okechukwu Irobiso.
Substitutes
Petrolul 52 made 2 changes: G. Grozav for L. Dumitriu (72′) and M. Cioiu for C. Budescu (80′).
UTA Arad: Formation and Lineups
UTA Arad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, László György Balint played with: Florin Iacob, Erion Hoxhallari, Mihai Dobrescu, Yacoub Aly Abeid, Andrei Chindriş, Paul Viorel Anton, Idriz Batha, Albert Tivadar Stahl, Rareș Mihai Pop, Virgiliu Postolachi and Philip Otele.
Substitutes
UTA Arad made 4 changes: A. Chindris for D. Ubbink (54′), R. Pop for C. Negoescu (62′), A. Stahl for C. Keseru (63′) and P. Otele for W. Jobello (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1
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