PLOIEşTI. Petrolul 52 bested Botoşani to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Petrolul 52 to strike first with a goal of Valentin Țicu at the 52′. Then Gheorghe Grozav scored again for Petrolul 52 in the 55′ minute. Eventually, Eduard Florescu reduced the distance for Botoşani a penalty (81′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Petrolul 52 made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium in Ploieşti on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicușor Florentin Marin assisted by Daniel Mitruți and Adrian Popescu. The 4th official was Lucian Ruşandu. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 9.93 degrees Celsius or 49.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Petrolul 52 had a superior ball possession 59% while Botoşani was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Petrolul 52 was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Petrolul 52 won the match​.

Petrolul 52 shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Botoşani shot 15 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Petrolul 52 received 1 yellow card (Ismaël Diomandé). On the other side, Botoşani received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Mutombo, Gabriel David and Andrei Patache).

Standings

After this encounter, Petrolul 52 will have 25 points like Hermannstadt to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Botoşani will stay with 8 points to remain in the 16th 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.

Botoşani will host SSC Farul on the 9th of March with a 3-0 head to head in favor of SSC Farul (2 draws).

Petrolul 52 – Formation

Petrolul 52 started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Florin Cristian Pârvu decided to play with the following team: Bart Meijers, Lucian Dumitriu, Lukáš Zima (7.1), Seniko Doua (7.3), Paul Papp (6.7), Takayuki Seto (7.0), Marian Huja (7.5), Valentin Țicu (7.3), Jefferson Junior (7.7), Ismaël Diomandé (7.1), Jair (7.0), Alexandru Marian (7.3) and Gheorghe Grozav (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Denis Răzvan Radu, Pedro Justiniano (6.4), Billel Omrani (6.6), Mihai Roman II, Mihai Alexandru, Iustin Raducan, Giorgi Abuashvili, Guilherme Garutti and Zoran Mitrov (6.7).

Substitutions

Petrolul 52 made 3 changes: Andrei Dragu for Pedro Justiniano (85′), Kablan Davy N’Goma for Billel Omrani (85′) and Charles Petro for Zoran Mitrov (85′).

Player of the match: Gheorghe Grozav​

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

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 33 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8.

Botoşani – Formation

Botoşani started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Dan Alexa played with: Rijad Sadiku, Razvan Ducan (6.0), Gabriel Mutombo (6.6), Victor Dican (6.8), Alexandru Tiganasu (6.4), Romario Benzar (7.0), Charles Petro (7.0), Eduard Florescu (7.3), Andrei Dragu (6.7), Gabriel David (7.0), Miroslav Ilicic (6.7), Kablan Davy N’Goma (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Alin Seroni, Fabrice Olinga, Codrin Carausu, Jean-Armel Drolé (6.6), Adams Friday (6.4), Jaly Mouaddib (6.6), Andrei Ureche, Virgile Pinson (6.3) and Carlo Casap (6.8).

Substitutions

Botoşani made 5 changes: Eduard Florescu for Virgile Pinson (71′), Miroslav Ilicic for Adams Friday (88′), Alexandru Marian for Jaly Mouaddib (71′), Charles Petro for Carlo Casap (71′) and Ismaël Diomandé for Jean-Armel Drolé (58′).

Player of the match: Eduard Florescu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Botoşani was Eduard Florescu.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 29 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Petrolul 52 – Botoşani – 2-1
• Hermannstadt – CSM Iaşi – 0-0