LIVE Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul, to avoid the dam site

Schedule and results of stage 4 of the play-out

Before the game, the two teams are neighbors in the standings. Niculescu's Slobozia is on 13th, the first position, while Topal's Petrol is on 14th. Both positions mean the presence in the Superliga.

Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul, LIVE at 18:15

Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul, starting teams:

Unirea Slobozia (4-3-3) R. Popa – F. Ibrian, Orozco, Safronov, Dragu – Lungu, Antoche, A. Albu – Dulcea, Yanakov, Espinosa Torres
reserves: D. Rusu, Dorobantu, I. Dinu, Şerbanică, C.Toma, Lemnaru, V.Pop, Vlăsceanu, Bărbut, Ponde, Guy Dahan, Said Ahmed
Coach: Claudiu Niculescu

Petrol (4-2-3-1): Bălbarău – Ricardinho, Papp, Roche, Dumitrescu – Jyry, Dulca – R. Pop, Mateiu, Grozav – Chică Roşa
reserves: Krell, Rodrigues, Ignat, Prce, Bogdan N. Marian, Boateng, A. Dumitrache, V. Gheorghe, Hanca, Hermann, Ludewig, Aimbeto
Coach: Mehmet Topal

Stadium: “May 1” (Slobozia)
Referee: Feșnic Horațiu Mircea (Cluj-Napoca – Cluj)
A1: Avram Valentin (Bucharest – Bucharest)
A2: Cerei Alexandru (Cluj-Napoca – Cluj)
VAR referee: Popa Cătălin (Pitesti – Argeş)
Referee AVAR: Valentine Pigeon (Olteniţa – Calarasi)
R1: Vădana Sorin (Cluj-Napoca – Cluj)
R2: ( – )
Obs. referees: Nettle Vladimir (Piatra Neamţ – Neamţ)

The up-to-date situation from the play-out

Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul, duel for survival in the Superliga

Slobozia – Oil means an extremely important duel in the perspective of that place of direct rescue. Claudiu Niculescu's Ialomists are in 13th place, with 19 points, while Topal's Ploiesti are 14th, with the same number of points.

Last stage, Unirea Slobozia achieved an extremely valuable success, 1-0 on the field of Farul Constanța, the success being signed by Renato Espinosa, who is in the second consecutive stage in which he scores.

On the other side, Mehmet Topal started his third term after the departure of Eugen Neagoe with a success, 2-0 at home against Csikszereda. In the last direct match, played on February 3, Petrol won at home in the last phase, score 1-0, Ricardinho goal.

The winning team will move, at least temporarily, to the place that ensures direct maintenance in the Superliga. Csikszereda, the holder of that position, has a match at Metaloglobus on April 13.

Claudiu Niculescu, before Slobozia – Petrolul: “It would be extraordinary to achieve a victory!”

Here are the thoughts of Claudiu Niculescu, the coach of the hosts, before the game:

“It would be great for us to get a third win in a row! It would be a dream, like on Easter Day, to get the three points at stake, against an opponent we are in direct competition with.

We hope a lot of people come to the stadium, because we need the support of our supporters, they push us from behind! I want to thank them for their support so far, at home matches, but especially those who accompany us at away matches“, said Claudiu Niculescu.

VIDEO | Mehmet Topal, statements before Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul: “I am very satisfied with my players”

Here are the thoughts of Mehmet Topal, the coach of the guests, before the game:

“We have come through a tough game, but now another tough game is coming. It will be a very tough game for both teams. We will be playing away against a strong team.

We are on track with our training and exercises. We want to train well and win the game. We definitely want to win the game

As I said last week, we play every game to win. We never talked to the match players to play even. But let's not forget in football if we can neither win nor lose. We try to do everything right and we hope to win'

Since I came here my players are working very well. The most important thing is to help each other and get out of this situation as soon as possible. It doesn't matter what names are on the field, the important thing is to win the game.

We have no injured players, we thought, and we have some plans for the first 11, with the players who feel strong, who feel able to play.

I'm very happy with my players, I'm happy with their performance and I definitely want to put every young player on the pitch to see it, but now we don't have the time. Now our only goal is to keep the team in the first league.

But that doesn't mean that when I need them to not play. For me it is not important if they are young or experienced, for me it is important that they can help the team.

Dongmo is a player I like. When I arrived I talked to him like the other players. He knows what I expect from him. He will do what is up to him and he will work well.

It's not the name of the player that matters, it's what he can do for the team. I'm trying to make the best choice for the team,” Mehmet Topal said at the press conference.

We must be united. I think we made the fans happy. They never left us alone on the road. In football if there are no fans it means nothing. They are the most important and our mission is to make them happy.

In football you need the support of the fans, and when there are fans you can enjoy it. My opinion is that the stadium will be full, for both teams it is an important match.

– Mehmet Topalthe coach of Petrol

Unirea Slobozia – Petrolul, the most interesting information, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache:

• Five wins, one draw and 10 defeats (seven at the limit) is the record recorded by the Ialomists this season at home.

• Prahoven won three of the 17 trips in the current edition, and seven other times they ended in a tie (six 1-1 results).

• Unirea scored 16 goals from set pieces, nine of which were from corners.

• Petrol is the team with the weakest attack in the championship, only 26 goals scored, of which 15 from action.

• The two teams have met in the main domestic competition only five times, three times Ploiești prevailed, one game was won by the hosts in this round, and one game ended without a goal scored.

• The first match took place on August 16, 2024, Unirea – Petrolul 1-2.

• The only success for the Ialomi team was recorded on September 21, 2025, Unirea – Petrolul 1-0.

• The most recent direct match in the championship: February 3, 2026, Petrolul – Unirea 1-0, goal scored by Ricardinho.