LIVE Petrolul – Metaloglobus, duel in the basement of the National Day ranking » Probable teams

The Prahovenians are going through a good period, being unbeaten in the last six stagesduring which they managed two successes and four draws.

The Bucharesters are without a win on the first stage away from home, with two draws (2-2 FC Hermannstadt, 2-2 FK Csikszereda) and six lost games being recorded as visitors.

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Petrolul Ploiești – Metaloglobus, starting teams:

Ploiesti Petrol (4-3-3): Krell – Miranda, Papp, Roche, Sălceanu – Jyry, A. Mateiu, Dongmo – V. Gheorghe, Chică Roşa, Grozav
Reserves: Balbaru – Soares, Onguene, L. Dumitru, Doukansy, Tolea, D. Paraschiv, Hanca, Botogan, Dulca, Doumstios
Coach: Eugene Neagoe

Metaloglobus Bucharest (4-4-2): Gavrilaș – Lis, Camara, Caramalău, A. Sava – Abbey, Sabater, Aggoun, Ubbink – Ely Fernandes, A. Sîrbu
reserves: Nedelcovic – Carvalho, G. Dumitru, A. Gheorghe, Pasagic, Hadzic, Huiban, Kouadio, R. Neacșu, M. Tache, Zakir
Coach: Mihai Teja

Stadium: “Ilie Oană”, Ploiesti
Referee: Vlad Baban (Iasi) / A1: Romică Bîrdeș (Pitesti) / A2: Bogdan George Duță (Bacău) / VAR Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest) / AVAR Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica – Ilfov) / R1: Lucian Rusandu (Saint George) / Referees Observer: Marian Salomir (Cluj-Napoca)

Eugen Neagoe: “More difficult match than the one with FCSB!”

This is what Eugen Neagoe, the “yellow wolves” technician, said before the confrontation with Metaloglobus:

“We are facing a very important game and, I hope I am not right, but I told the players that it will be an even more difficult match than the one in Bucharest, with FCSB!

That is because there is a lot of pressure on our shoulders, we must win, get these three important points and thus give weight to the last result and in general the unbeaten streak.

They beat FCSB, tied with Craiova University and CFR, so we have to be very careful and try not to give them chances. They are a team that tries to pass, to control the game, they had good possession in many games, they got important points against very good teams, so we are warned.

We want to be stronger, set the pace, drive the game and if they don't have the ball then it will be quite difficult for them to trouble us. I know we have few goals scored, we want them to score more, but unfortunately, although there were matches where we created very good situations, we also missed a lot. I hope that now we will be more inspired and score regardless of whether we have many or few opportunities, because I want us to definitely win and get the three important points”, said Neagoe, according to fcpetrolul.ro.

Unfortunately, it rained a lot, the terrain will probably be very difficult as well. We haven't played him at all since the game with Oțelul Galați, there was also the national team game here and we naturally wanted to protect him. But regardless of the weather and even if it's an unusual time, I want our fans to come to the stadium in as large numbers as possible, because we need their support.

They are very important for us, because Petrol is not just any team, but one that, over time, has identified with these supporters. In a lot of matches they gave a tremendous help, they are basically the second player, and the boys felt it on the field and they had an extra speed.

– Eugen Neagoe, Petrolul coach, according to the cited source

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Petrol – Metaloglobus | The goals of the match, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache

– They meet the teams with the fewest goals scoredPetrolul – 11, Metaloglobus – 14.

– Metaloglobus received at least two goals in each of the eight away games

– 17 of the 28 players used by Bucharest they debuted in the Super League during the current season. On the other hand, Prahoven relied on 30 footballers, six of them each having more than 200 appearances on the first stage (Mateiu – 404, Papp – 275, Ricardinho – 223, Grozav – 221, V. Gheorghe – 204, Hanca – 201).

– The two teams have met before in the main domestic competition only in the round of the current regular season, on July 25, 2025, Metaloglobus-Petrolul 0-3 (Kilian Ludewig, Yohan Roche, Gheorghe Grozav).

– Coaches Eugen Neagoe and Mihai Teja have faced each other in the Super League six timesone game was won by the current coach of Ploiești, three by his opponent in this round, and two other confrontations ended in a draw.