Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on February 15th, 2025

Petrolul 52 and UTA Arad will face each other in a Liga 1 game in Romania on Saturday, February 15th, 2025, at 13:00h (UTC), check the Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad 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 with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga 1 has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.59 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.32 goals per match played.

Petrolul 52 last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Petrolul 52 team. On that occasion they met Hermannstadt for the Liga 1, and the match ended 1-1. Coach A. Mutu's lined up a 3-4-3 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.10 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

UTA Arad last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, UTA Arad, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the CFR Cluj team with a final score of 1-4.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 1.85.

Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad h2h

The last time Petrolul 52 went up against UTA Arad, it was in Liga 1. Petrolul 52, ranked 4th place, started with a 4-1-4-1 tactic, while UTA Arad, then in 11th place, was charged with a 4-4-2 formation.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 04-10-2024 in a Liga 1 match of the 2024/2025 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 3-1 win for UTA Arad.

Petrolul 52

Liga 1 leaderboard now

Considering the home team Petrolul 52, standing in 8th place with 37 points in the Liga 1 competition in Romania. Their performance statistics have been such as 8 wins, 5 losses and, 13 draws.

In the 27th round, the team has the same score compared to Sepsi which is just above, in 7th place.

Occupying the middle of the league table in the Romania Liga 1 and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns, Petrolul 52 will try to use the home factor in their own favor to bring home the victory.

Petrolul 52 analysis

After 26 matches, Petrolul 52 shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 28 goals and conceded 25.

Over the course of the tournament, Petrolul 52 recorded an average ball possession of 49.96%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Petrolul 52 will play against UTA Arad, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 5 wins, 1 loss and, 7 draws compared to the 3 games they won as the visiting team.

Best goalscorer from Petrolul 52

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Alexandru Tudorie. The Attacker scored 8 goals in the current season, helping Petrolul 52 to achieve victory in several disputes.

UTA Arad

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 30 points won, UTA Arad is in 11th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 7 wins against 10 losses, plus 9 draws.

UTA Arad analysis

Currently, in the Liga 1, UTA Arad sums 25 goals for and a total of 30 goals against, after 26 rounds played.

UTA Arad averaged 4 attempts toward the opponent's goal per match played, which may say a lot about the team's offensive skills and its ability to score.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.96 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from UTA Arad

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Valentin Costache. With 4 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the UTA Arad team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Petrolul 52 is Alexandru Tudorie, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of UTA Arad is Valentin Costache, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that UTA Arad scores an average of 0.77 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

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.23 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.04 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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