Article by Cezar Titor – Published Saturday, February 14, 2026, 09:16 / Updated Saturday, February 14, 2026 09:16
Metalloglobus – The steel Galatithe first game of Saturday in the Superliga, will be played today, from 14:30. The Clinceni duel will be broadcast in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, being televised by PrimaSport 1 & DigiSport 1.
The “Red Lantern” from Pantelimon has seven consecutive failures in the Super League, and in the middle of the week, Mihai Teja's boys drew with CSM Slatina, 2-2, in the Romanian Cup. On the other hand, the Galatians capitulated in the play-off fight, according to Laszlo Balint, after 2 consecutive defeats in the Super League and one in the Romanian Cup, with Craiova, FCSB and U Cluj.
LIVE, from 14:30 » Metaloglobus – Oțelul Galati
Metaloglobus – Oțelul Galati, probable teams:
Metaloglobus (4-4-2): Gavrilaș – D. Irimia, Badescu, Dumitru, Sava – Ghimfuș, Al. Irimia, Carvalho, Ely Fernandes – Visic, Toutou
reserves: Nedelcovici – Cestor, Pasagic, Zakir, Liș, Huiban, Sîrbu, Abbey, Neacșu, Gheorghe
Coach: Mihai Teja
Galati Steel (4-3-3): Dur-Bozoancă – Zhelev, Zivulic, Lopes, Conrado – Paz, Lameira, Ciobanu – Bană, Debeljuh, Andrezinho
reserves: Ursu, I. Popescu – Neicu, Postelnicu, Kazu, Patrick, Sandu, Bordun, Chira
Coach: Laszlo Balint
Referee: Horia Mladinovici
ASSISTANT: Andrei Constantinescu and Valentin Dumitru
VAR referee: Lucian Rusandu
Assistant VAR: Claudio Marcu
Book: Ana Maria Terteleac
Observer: Adrian Vidan
The most important details, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache:
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The Bucharesters won two of the 13 matches played in the Super League at home, and three other times they ended in a draw.
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December 13, 2025, Rapid-Oțelul 0-2 was the only victory achieved by the Galați team in the previous six league trips, in the rest two white draws and three games lost at the limit.
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Metaloglobus is the team with the most goals conceded – 57, of which 30 in the first half, during which the Galatasaray team scored 20 of the 36 goals scored.
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32 players have used the hosts in this match in the current season, eight of whom are natives born after January 1, 2004. On the other hand, the Moldovans relied on 29 footballers, 15 of them contributing to the Steel's success with at least one goal and/or an assist.
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The two teams have met before in the main domestic competition only in the round of the current regular season, on October 6, 2025, Oțelul-Metaloglobus 4-0 (Andrezinho, Lameira – double, Bordun).
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The coaches Laszlo Balint and Mihai Teja have faced each other five times in the Super League, four times the current coach of Galați prevailed, and one game ended in a draw.
How the Superliga standings look like:
