PLOIEşTI. Petrolul 52 comes back against FCSB with a goal on the D. Djokovic 2′ and a goal on the A. Baluta 49′.

The match was played at the Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium in Ploieşti on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu who was helped by Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Mihai Marius Marica. The 4th official was George Cătălin Găman. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.41 degrees Celsius or 72.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Petrolul 52

2 - 2

FCSB

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 15 Total 14
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 3 Off Target 8
  • 6 Shots blocked 1
  • 82 Attack 78
  • 68 Dangerous attack 51
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 12 Total 16
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Petrolul 52 was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. FCSB that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Petrolul 52 was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Petrolul 52 to win the match​.

Petrolul 52 shot 15 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, FCSB shot 14 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Petrolul 52 received 2 yellow cards (Paul Papp and Seniko Doua). On the other side, FCSB received 4 yellow cards (Joyskim Dawa, Mihai Lixandru, Darius Olaru  and Alexandru Pantea).

Match Timeline

2'
26'
Joyskim Dawa- Yellow
Zoran Petrović- sub ->Sergiu Hanca
31'
35'
Mihai Lixandru- sub ->Joyskim Dawa
I. Diomandé- sub ->Pedro Justiniano
46'
46'
David Miculescu- sub ->Octavian Popescu
Mihnea Radulescu- sub ->Iustin Raducan
46'
49'
Alexandru Băluță(goal)
S. Doua- Yellow
52'
60'
62'
Darius Olaru- Yellow
Jair(goal)
70'
P. Papp- Yellow
67'
69'
Mihai Lixandru- Yellow
83'
81'
90'
90'
Alexandru Pantea - Yellow
G. Grozav(penalty)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FCSB
49
9
CFR Cluj
53
30
Universitatea Craiova
49
30
Sepsi
34
9
Rapid Bucuresti
29
9
SSC Farul
43
30
Universitatea Cluj
42
30
Hermannstadt
40
30
UTA Arad
40
30
Petrolul 52
35
30
Otelul
34
30
CSM Iaşi
33
30
U Craiova 1948
31
30
Dinamo Bucureşti
29
30
Voluntari
28
30
Botoşani
21
30

After playing this encounter, Petrolul 52 will have 20 points like Hermannstadt and SSC Farul to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, FCSB will have 31 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Petrolul 52 will host CSM Iaşi on the 17th of February with a 0-0 head to head record.

FCSB will play away agasint Rapid Bucuresti on the 9th of March with a 9-6 head to head record in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

Petrolul 52 – Formation

Petrolul 52
G
L. Zima 38.Czech Republic
6.7
D
B. Meijers 3.Netherlands
6.8
D
P. Papp 4.Romania
6.6
67'
D
Pedro Justiniano 27.Guinea-Bissau
6.8
46'
D
L. Dumitriu 44.Romania
6.6
D
S. Doua 71.Ivory Coast
7.1
52'
M
I. Răducan 13.Romania
6.8
46'
M
G. Grozav 7.Romania
7.5
90'
M
Jair 8.Brazil
8.4
70'
M
T. Seto 11.Japan
6.6
60'
M
S. Hanca 20.Romania
6.7
31'
F
A. Musi 99.Romania
Substitutes
G
M. Eșanu 12.Romania
D
Marian Huja 2.Portugal
D
D. Radu 22.Romania
M
Jefferson 6.Brazil
6.7
60'
M
Giorgi Abuashvili 23.Georgia
6.4
83'
M
Mihnea Radulescu 41.Romania
6.8
46'
M
I. Diomandé 82.Ivory Coast
7.1
46'
F
Mihai Roman II 10.Romania
F
Zoran Petrović 17.Montenegro
7.0
31'

Petrolul 52 started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Florin Cristian Pârvu decided to play with the following team: Alexandru Marian, Lukáš Zima (6.7), Seniko Doua (7.1), Paul Papp (6.6), Bart Meijers (6.8), Pedro Justiniano (6.8), Lucian Dumitriu (6.6), Sergiu Hanca (6.7), Takayuki Seto (6.6), Jair (8.4), Gheorghe Grozav (7.5) and Iustin Raducan (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marian Huja, Jefferson Junior (6.7), Mihai Roman II, Mihai Alexandru, Zoran Petrović (7.0), Denis Răzvan Radu, Giorgi Abuashvili (6.4), Mihnea Radulescu (6.8) and Ismaël Diomandé (7.1).

Petrolul 52 could not rely on the presence of Zoran Petrović (injured) and Mihnea Radulescu (injured).

Substitutions

Petrolul 52 made 5 changes: Sergiu Hanca for Zoran Petrović (31′), Iustin Raducan for Mihnea Radulescu (46′), Pedro Justiniano for Ismaël Diomandé (46′), Takayuki Seto for Jefferson Junior (60′) and Zoran Petrović for Giorgi Abuashvili (83′).

Best player: Jair​

The player that probably impressed the most for Petrolul 52 was Jair.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 43 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

FCSB – Formation

FCSB
G
Ș. Târnovanu 32.Romania
7.3
D
Joyskim Dawa 5.Cameroon
6.4
35' 26'
D
Alexandru Pantea 28.Romania
7.1
90'
D
Siyabonga Ngezana 30.South Africa
6.4
D
Risto Radunovic 33.Montenegro
7.3
M
Damjan Djokovic 88.Croatia
7.7
2'
M
Adrian Şut 8.Romania
7.5
M
Darius Olaru 27.Romania
7.1
62'
F
Octavian Popescu 10.Romania
7.3
46'
F
Alexandru Băluță 25.Romania
8.1
90' 49'
F
Florinel Coman 7.Romania
F
Dorin Rotariu 29.Romania
7.5
81'
Substitutes
G
Andrei Vlad 99.Romania
D
Valentin Crețu 2.Romania
D
Ionuț Panțîru 3.Romania
D
Denis Haruț 6.Romania
D
Cristian Ganea 24.Romania
6.3
81'
M
M. Toma 22.Romania
M
Mihai Lixandru 16.Romania
6.4
35' 69'
F
David Miculescu 11.Romania
6.4
46'
F
Andrea Compagno 9.Italy
90'

FCSB started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ilias Charalambous played with: Florinel Coman, Stefan Tarnovanu (7.3), Alexandru Pantea (7.1), Siyabonga Ngezana (6.4), Joyskim Dawa (6.4), Risto Radunovic (7.3), Damjan Djokovic (7.7), Adrian Sut (7.5), Darius Olaru  (7.1), Alexandru Baluta (8.1), Dorin Rotariu (7.5) and Octavian Popescu (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Andrea Compagno, Mihai Lixandru (6.4), Valentin Cretu, Ionut Pantiru, Denis Harut, David Miculescu (6.4), Mihai Toma, Cristian Ganea (6.3) and Andrei Vlad.

Substitutions

FCSB made 4 changes: Joyskim Dawa for Mihai Lixandru (35′), Octavian Popescu for David Miculescu (46′), Dorin Rotariu for Cristian Ganea (81′) and Alexandru Baluta for Andrea Compagno (90′).

Best player: Alexandru Baluta​

The most impressive player for FCSB was Alexandru Baluta.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​