Match Report
The table read 3rd (Petrocub, 17 pts) against 1st (Sheriff, 21 pts), 4 points apart. Per game in the league, Petrocub were scoring 1.9 and conceding 1, Sheriff 2.2 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Sheriff carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this.
GioScore's database holds 17 meetings between the two: 3 for Petrocub, 7 for Sheriff and 7 drawn, at 1.82 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 24% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Stadionul Orăşenesc (capacity 14,000). Sheriff led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Petrocub: Petru Popescu (72'), Nicolae Rotaru (73') · Sheriff: Jayder Asprilla (44'), Soumaila Magassouba (59'), Jayder Asprilla (63')
Key stats
Possession: Petrocub 52% · Sheriff 48% · Total shots: 6-12 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 5-6