BUCHAREST. FCSB prevails over Petrolul 52 1-0 after L. Phelipe scored just 1 goal (46′).

The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Florin Andrei with the collaboration of Vasile Marinescu and Marius Cristian Marchidanu. The 4th official was Cristian Moldoveanu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.93 degrees Celsius or 51.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

FCSB

1 - 0

Petrolul 52

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 16 Total 12
  • 7 On Target 5
  • 3 Off Target 4
  • 6 Shots blocked 4
  • 115 Attack 89
  • 79 Dangerous attack 42
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 12 Total 16
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. FCSB was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Petrolul 52 that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FCSB was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FCSB won the match​.

FCSB shot 16 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Petrolul 52 shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FCSB received 4 yellow cards (Andrei Vlad, Risto Radunovic, Siyabonga Ngezana and Alexandru Baluta). On the other side, Petrolul 52 received 4 yellow cards (Guilherme Garutti, Alexandru Isfan, Gheorghe Grozav and Florin Cristian Pârvu).

Match Timeline

45'
G. Grozav- Yellow
Siyabonga Ngezana- Yellow
45'
Mihai Lixandru- sub ->Baba Alhassan
46'
Luis Phelipe- sub ->David Miculescu
46'
E. Radaslavescu- sub ->Octavian Popescu
46'
Luis Phelipe(goal)Florinel Coman
46'
57'
A. Ișfan- sub ->Sergiu Hanca
A. Pandele- sub ->Eduard Radaslavescu
57'
57'
D. Radu- sub ->Mario Bratu
71'
T. Jyry- sub ->Jair
71'
C. Irobiso- sub ->Albin Berisha
Alexandru Băluță- Yellow
73'
75'
Guilherme Garutti- Yellow
77'
I. Diomandé- sub ->Takayuki Seto
83'
A. Ișfan- Yellow
Risto Radunovic- Yellow
83'
Valentin Crețu- sub ->Alexandru Baluta
84'
Andrei Vlad- Yellow
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 match, FCSB has 64 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Petrolul 52 will stays with 35 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away with Rapid Bucuresti on the 9th of March with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

Petrolul 52 will host Sepsi on the 9th of March with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Sepsi (3 draws).

FCSB – Formation

FCSB
G
Ș. Târnovanu 32.Romania
8.1
D
Siyabonga Ngezana 30.South Africa
7.3
45'
D
Risto Radunovic 33.Montenegro
7.5
83'
D
Nana Antwi 20.Ghana
7.0
D
Joyskim Dawa 5.Cameroon
7.8
M
Baba Alhassan 42.Ghana
6.7
46'
M
Adrian Şut 8.Romania
7.9
M
Octavian Popescu 10.Romania
7.0
46'
F
David Miculescu 11.Romania
6.7
46'
F
Florinel Coman 7.Romania
8.8
F
Alexandru Băluță 25.Romania
7.0
84' 73'
Substitutes
G
Mihai Udrea 1.Romania
G
Andrei Vlad 99.Romania
90'
D
Ionuț Panțîru 3.Romania
D
Vlad Chiricheș 21.Romania
D
Valentin Crețu 2.Romania
7.1
84'
M
A. Pandele 18.Romania
7.1
57'
M
M. Toma 22.Romania
M
Ovidiu Popescu 23.Romania
M
E. Radaslavescu 80.Romania
6.3
46'
M
Mihai Lixandru 16.Romania
6.8
46'
F
Luis Phelipe 19.Brazil
7.9
46' 46'

FCSB adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ilias Charalambous decided to play with the following team: Stefan Tarnovanu (8.1), Nana Antwi (7.0), Siyabonga Ngezana (7.3), Joyskim Dawa (7.8), Risto Radunovic (7.5), Baba Alhassan (6.7), Adrian Sut (7.9), Octavian Popescu (7.0), Alexandru Baluta (7.0), David Miculescu (6.7) and Florinel Coman (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Valentin Cretu (7.1), Mihai Lixandru (6.8), Luis Phelipe (7.9), Mihai Udrea, Ionut Pantiru, Andrei Pandele (7.1), Vlad Chiriches , Mihai Toma, Ovidiu Popescu, Eduard Radaslavescu (6.3), David Popa and Andrei Vlad.

FCSB could not rely on the presence of Andrei Pandele (injured).

Substitutions

FCSB made 5 changes: Baba Alhassan for Mihai Lixandru (46′), David Miculescu for Luis Phelipe (46′), Octavian Popescu for Eduard Radaslavescu (46′), Eduard Radaslavescu for Andrei Pandele (57′) and Alexandru Baluta for Valentin Cretu (84′).

Player of the match: Florinel Coman​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FCSB was Florinel Coman even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.8 with 41 passes (68% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 20. He performed 11 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Petrolul 52 – Formation

Petrolul 52
G
L. Zima 38.Czech Republic
7.5
D
Marian Huja 2.Portugal
8.2
D
B. Meijers 3.Netherlands
6.7
D
P. Papp 4.Romania
D
S. Hanca 20.Romania
6.6
57'
D
V. Țicu 5.Romania
7.3
D
Guilherme Garutti 34.Brazil
6.7
75'
M
G. Grozav 7.Romania
7.3
45'
M
Jair 8.Brazil
6.8
71'
M
A. Musi 99.Romania
M
M. Bratu 10.Romania
6.6
57'
M
T. Seto 11.Japan
7.1
77'
F
A. Berisha 9.Kosovo
6.8
71'
Substitutes
G
M. Eșanu 12.Romania
D
D. Radu 22.Romania
7.0
57'
M
L. Dumitriu 44.Romania
M
I. Diomandé 82.Ivory Coast
6.7
77'
M
T. Jyry 6.Finland
6.7
71'
M
A. Ișfan 31.Romania
6.3
57' 83'
F
C. Irobiso 19.Nigeria
6.4
71'
F
I. Răducan 13.Romania

Also Petrolul 52 adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Florin Cristian Pârvu played with: Paul Papp, Alexandru Marian, Lukáš Zima (7.5), Sergiu Hanca (6.6), Guilherme Garutti (6.7), Bart Meijers (6.7), Marian Huja (8.2), Valentin Țicu (7.3), Mario Bratu (6.6), Takayuki Seto (7.1) and Jair (6.8), Gheorghe Grozav (7.3), Albin Berisha (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Christian Irobiso (6.4), Lucian Dumitriu, Ismaël Diomandé (6.7), Tommi Jyry (6.7), Mihai Alexandru, Iustin Raducan, Denis Răzvan Radu (7.0) and Alexandru Isfan (6.3).

Substitutions

Petrolul 52 made 5 changes: Sergiu Hanca for Alexandru Isfan (57′), Takayuki Seto for Ismaël Diomandé (77′), Mario Bratu for Denis Răzvan Radu (57′), Jair for Tommi Jyry (71′) and Albin Berisha for Christian Irobiso (71′).

Player of the match: Marian Huja​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Petrolul 52 was Marian Huja.

His rating is 8.2 with 50 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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