UTA Arad vs Petrolul Prediction & Tips
Before UTA – Petrolul, UTA lost 0-3 to Hermannstadt in Sibiu. A further confirmation of their lacklustre away performances in the play-offs. The other two games on foreign soil ended in defeats, 0-4 with Iași and 1-2 with Slobozia. It seems surprising, because if only the away game standings had been taken into account, UTA would have been in the play-off play-off spot at the end of the regular season.
Petrolul drew in no less than eight away matches in the league. Otherwise, three wins and six defeats. They scored just 14 goals on foreign soil, only one in the play-off, in the 1-1 draw in Buzău. Their other away game also ended in a 0-0 draw at Clinceni against Slobozia, with the “Yellow Wolves” having scored nine goals from corners in the league. Ploiesti’s top scorer in Superliga is Grozav, with nine goals. After UTA-Petrolul, Mehmet Topal’s team will play Oțelul at home to Oțelul and Iași.
