Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 06, 2026, 5:22 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 6, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
Petrolul – Csikszereda, Mehmet Topal's first game in his third term on “Ilie Oană”, counting for round #3 of the play-out, is currently being contested. The duel from Ploiesti is transmitted in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, being televised by PrimaSport 1 & DigiSport 1.
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Petrolul – Csikszereda, starting teams:
Petrol (4-2-3-1): Bălbarău – Ricardinho, Papp, Roche, A. Dumitrescu – M. Dulca, Jyry – R. Pop, Hermann, Grozav – Chică-Roşa
reserves: Aymbetov, N. Boateng, A. Dumitrache, V. Gheorghe, S. Hanca, C. Ignat, Krell, Ludewig, B. Marian, A. Mateiu, Prce, D. Rodrigues
Coach: Mehmet Topal
Csikszereda (5-3-2): Pap – Paszka, Csuros, Kabashi, Palmes, Trif – Kleinheisler, Vegh, Bodo – Ceara, Eppel
Reserves: Bloj, Brugger, Deaky, Dolny, Dusinszki, Gustavinho, Loeper, Nagy, M. Simon, Szalay, Tajti, Veres
Coach: Robert Ilyes
Referee: Ion Coza
A1: Andrei Constantinescu
A2: Florin Visan
VAR Referee: Julian Dima
Assistant VAR: Valentine Pigeon
The most interesting information about the Petrolul – Csikszereda duel, provided by Liviu Manolache, the GSP statistician:
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March 7, 2026, FC Botoșani-Petrolul 0-1 was the only victory achieved by Prahoven in the last five stages, in the rest one draw and three defeats.
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The group from Miercurea Ciuc lost only one match out of the previous eight played in the Superliga (February 14, 2026, Universitatea Cluj-FK Csikszereda 4-1), during which they also recorded five successes and two draw results.
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Petrol is the team with the fewest goals scored during this season, only 24 goals scored, 11 of which at home.
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Nine goals from outside the big box were scored by the Cicuani in the first 32 rounds, a figure that we only meet with two other formations, Universitatea Cluj and Farul.
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10 of the 37 players with minutes for Prahov in the current season have over 100 matches played on the first stage in Romania. On the other hand, 36 of the 40 footballers used by Ciucani debuted in the Super League during the current edition.
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With 74 successful dribbles in 31 games, the Brazilian Anderson Ceará is the best in the championship in this regard.
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The two teams have only met in the main domestic competition in the 2025/2026 regular season, when they finished each time tied, score 1-1.
