Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 27, 2026, 5:31 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 27, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
Metalloglobus – Union Sloboziathe game that draws the curtain on round number 6 of the play-out, is being contested at these moments. The duel from Clinceni is transmitted in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, being televised by PrimaSport 1 & DigiSport 1.
The team from Pantelimon needs a real miracle to save itself from relegation, the most plausible scenario being that, in the next 1-2 stages, Florin Bratu's boys are already preparing for “B”. On the other hand, the guests from Ialomi, on whose bench is another former great striker of Romania, Claudiu Niculescu, can reach the barrier again, two points away from the direct save, in case of success.
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Metaloglobus – Unirea Slobozia, starting teams:
Metaloglobus (4-2-3-1): Gavrilaș – D. Irimia, Camara, Pasagic, Neacșu – Carvalho, Sabater – Zakir, Purece, Huiban – Visic
Reserves: Nedelcovici, Soare – Dumitru, Cestor, Al. Gheorghe, Abbey, Liș, Ghimfuș, Al. Irimia, Ely Fernandes, Celaj, Toutou
Coach: Florin Bratu
Unirea Slobozia (3-4-3): R. Popa – Safronov, Dinu, Antoche – Ponde, Albu, Lungu, Şerbănica – Bărbut, Espinosa, Dulcea
Reserves: Russian – Ciupercă, Dorobanțu, Toma, Coada, Lemnaru, V. Pop, Yanakov, Dragu, Vlasceanu, Said, Dahan
Coach: Claudiu Niculescu
Referee: Marian Barbu // A1: Mircea Grigoriu, A2: Imre Bucsi
VAR referee: Iulian Dima // Assistant VAR: Andrei Antonie
Book: Iuliana Demetrescu // Obs. referees: Teodora Albon
A game awaits us like all the others so far, a very difficult and very complicated one. We meet an opponent, Unirea Slobozia, who has the same objective as us. We are approaching the end of the championship and we want to end this season with our heads held high, with the feeling that we gave everything to achieve what we set out to do.
– Florin Bratu, Metaloglobus coach
We have to win at any cost, there is no other option. We can't afford to do any more calculations. It is a crucial game for us, we know what awaits us, we know what game we will have on Monday afternoon, we do not make the mistake, neither me nor the players, that it will be an easy game. We meet a team that has nothing left to lose, with good players, very stubborn, who fight for every single ball, and when they lost, they lost hard.
– Claudiu Niculescu, Unirea Slobozia coach, according to the newspaper
The most relevant details, provided by Liviu Manolache, Gazeta's statistician:
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March 21, 2026, Metaloglobus-Petrolul 1-0 it was the only victory achieved by the people of Bucharest in the last 16 stagesin the rest two draws and 13 lost games.
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15 of the 22 defeats suffered by Unirea during the current championship they were at the limit.
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Metaloglobus scored only 29 goals in the current edition, 13 of which were scored at home. At the same time, it is the formation with the most goals conceded – 75.
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15 of the 35 goals scored by Ialomi were scored from fixed phases.
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On the space of the gates of the group from Slobozia they fired most shots in the first five play-out rounds – 33.
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Metaloglobus is the formation with fewest fouls committed in play-out, only 51.
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The two teams have only met in the main domestic competition in the 2025/2026 regular season, when the people of Ialomi won both games2-1 at home (Fl. Purece – double / A. Aganovic – own goal) and 3-2 away (R. Espinosa – double, C. Afalna / Y. Zakir, S. Visic).
How the Superliga play-out standings look like:
