📏 Form Guide

Petrolul Ploieşti

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Petrolul Ploieşti enter this fixture following a 1-1 Liga 1 Play Offs stalemate against Botoșani.

In that game, Petrolul Ploieşti had 35% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Botoșani got 20 shots on goal with 6 on target. Sebastian Mailat (81') scored for Botoșani.

Petrolul Ploieşti haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They’ve claimed a sum of 8 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, however.

Oţelul Galaţi

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Oţelul Galaţi will come into the match following on from a 3-2 Liga 1 Play Offs win vs Farul Constanța in their most recent match.

In that match, Oţelul Galaţi managed 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Oţelul Galaţi was Conrado (39'). Farul Constanța had 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. Denis Alibec (66') and Victor Dican (77') scored for Farul Constanța.

During their 6 latest matches, Dorinel Munteanu's Oţelul Galaţi have converted 9 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 05/05/2024, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Petrolul Ploieşti winning 1 of those games, Oţelul Galaţi 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 7 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for Lupii galbeni and 4 being from Oţelarii. The average goals per game has been 1.17.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Liga I match day 16 on 08/11/2025 when it finished Petrolul Ploieşti 0-0 Oţelul Galaţi.

That day, Petrolul Ploieşti managed 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Oţelul Galaţi got 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

📰 Team News: Petrolul Ploieşti

The Petrolul Ploieşti boss Florin Pârvu has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go.

We are thinking that Lupii galbeni may well go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with Raul Balbarau, Ricardinho, Cristian Ignat, Yohan Roche, Andres Dumitrescu, Marco Dulca, Danel Dongmo, Rares Pop, Tommi Jyry, Gheorghe Grozav and Adi Chica-Rosa.

🗞️ Team News: Oţelul Galaţi

Owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Oţelul Galaţi manager Dorinel Munteanu doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

From our viewpoint, Oţelarii will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system using Cosmin Dur-Bozoanca, Milen Zhelev, Ne Lopes, Paul Iacob, Conrado, Joao Lameira, Diego Zivulic, Denis Bordun, Andrezinho, Luan Campos and Patrick.

💡 Prediction

In this match, Petrolul Ploieşti are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

In contrast, Oţelul Galaţi may well struggle to find the back of the net but do we see them getting the chances to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Petrolul Ploieşti come full-time.

Andre Moura, 05:01 18/05/2026