Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul 52 betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on August 04th, 2024

Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul 52 will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga 1 on August 04th, 2024, Sunday at 16:00h (UTC), in Romania, check the Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul 52 betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul 52 will occur

The game takes place in the small Complexul Sportiv Raional stadium, in the city of Orhei, with a capacity for 2539 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul 52 betting tip 2024/2025

Universitatea Craiova comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was CFR Cluj, in a match valid for Liga 1, and the match ended 0-2. Coach C. Gâlcă's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

A win for the home team had odds of 3.30, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, Petrolul 52, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Rapid Bucuresti team with a final score of 1-0.

In this game we witnessed an incredible upset! The winning odds of 4.10 ensured the unexpected triumph of the Underdogs.

The last time these teams faced off against each other in Liga 1, Universitatea Craiova was in 4th place while Petrolul 52 was in the 10th place. Universitatea Craiova opened with a 4-3-3 arrangement while Petrolul 52 charged with a 4-4-1-1 formation.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The last time these teams met was for a Liga 1 match, on 29-02-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 2-3 win for Universitatea Craiova.

Universitatea Craiova

Current leaderboard

Universitatea Craiova currently occupies 1st place in the table, with 7 points gained up to 4th round.

Universitatea Craiova analysis

At the end of round 3 Universitatea Craiova has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 6 goals to its credit against 2 conceded.

The Universitatea Craiova team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 63%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Petrolul 52

Current leaderboard

At this beginning of the championship, Petrolul 52 occupies the 8th place in the league, with 4 points conquered until this 4th round.

Petrolul 52 analysis

Petrolul 52 counted 2 goals scored and 4 conceded at the end of Liga 1 day number 3.

Bet suggestions for this game:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 5 per game.

Universitatea Craiova is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.33 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Universitatea Craiova in this match.

Goals Top Betting Tips

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

The number of goals that both teams scored and conceded at the start of the championship round can be a successful betting parameter. Universitatea Craiova didn't score any goal in the last round of the competition and conceded in 2 opportunities, while Petrolul 52 scored 2 times and conceded 4 goals.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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