Petrolul 52 vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on August 23rd, 2024

Petrolul 52 and Otelul will on Friday, August 23rd, 2024 at 16:00h (UTC), play in a Liga 1 football game in Romania, check the Petrolul 52 vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Petrolul 52 vs Otelul will occur

The game will be played in the small Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium, in the city of Ploiesti, with a capacity for 15032 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Petrolul 52 vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Liga 1 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.54 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Petrolul 52 last match

In the last match played, Petrolul 52 met Unirea Slobozia, in a match valid for the Liga 1. The match ended in a win by 1-2. The coach S. Alagic's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.90.

Otelul last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, Otelul, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the UTA Arad team with a final score of 1-1.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.00.

Petrolul 52 vs Otelul h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Liga 1, where Petrolul 52 was at 5th place while Otelul occupied 2nd place. Petrolul 52 went in with a 3-5-2 formation while Otelul opened their game with a 4-3-3 tactic.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Liga 1 season. The match, played on 05-05-2024, recorded the 2-1 win for Petrolul 52.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

The Otelul team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Petrolul 52 its counterpart.

Petrolul 52

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Petrolul 52 team with 9 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

In the 7th round, the team has the same points compared to Dinamo Bucureşti who occupies position 4.

Petrolul 52 analysis

After round number 6 in Liga 1, Petrolul 52 has 4 goals scored and 5 conceded.

Petrolul 52 appears to be using a tactical approach in their defensive play, as they have been conceding a high number of fouls in recent matches, above the league average. However, despite this, they have only received a low number of yellow cards, below the league average of 4.43. This suggests that Petrolul 52 is committing fouls in strategic areas of the pitch, with the aim of disrupting the opposition's attacking play and preventing them from building momentum.

Petrolul 52 seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

An average of 3.67 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Petrolul 52, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

The average ball possession of Petrolul 52 in this league is 48.17%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Otelul they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Otelul

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Otelul team with 11 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 3 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.

In the 7th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to the Universitatea Cluj team who places just above in 2nd place.

Otelul analysis

Otelul shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 6 games has only conceded goals on 3 occasions, and has scored in 7.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga 1.

With Otelul having a balance of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw when playing away in the Liga 1, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Best goalscorer from Otelul

In this season, the individual highlight is Diego Živulić that has dominated the offensive side. The Midfielder has already scored 3 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Otelul achieved in several matches.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Taking into consideration that Otelul scores an average of 2 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 4.4 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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