In this week 3 match on Jul 31st, Petrolul 52 will host Sepsi in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 36 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 15th placed Petrolul 52, recorded a 0-2 loss against UTA Arad. Miculescu scored the first goal for UTA Arad in the 11th minute, then Miculescu added another in the 70th minute In the end, Petrolul 52 couldn’t muster any offence and UTA Arad ran away with the shutout win. Petrolul 52 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while 3rd placed Sepsi is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Argeş. Cosmin Matei scored the first goal for Sepsi in the 49th minute on a penalty kick, then Bogdan Mitrea added another in the 60th minute In the end, Argeş was frustrated by Sepsi’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sepsi ended the match with the shutout victory. Sepsi is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Sepsi’s most prolific scorer has been Cătălin Golofca. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.