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Peter Green - July 14, 2023
Petrolul vs Universitatea Cluj Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Romanian Superliga on Sunday, 16 July 2023.
Both Petrolul and Universitatea Cluj failed to find a spot inside the top six last season. Petrolul ended at 8th in the standings while Cluj claimed 10th.
Going on, both the teams played a set of friendlies post 2022-23 Superliga season. Interestingly, they both have failed to seal a win in their friendly outings.
Following such a set of inconsistent, similar displays, we expect a tight encounter on Sunday when they both faces their first Superliga fixture this fresh season.
The past four overall wins was evenly split, with two each for both teams. Their recent meeting ended in a 0-2 win for Cluj.
The last three meetings had goals under 2.5 ft. Petrolul have a 100% unbeaten record against Cluj at this stadium barring a single fixture.
Petrolul had an average home form at the end of the last season. The case is same for Universitatea Cluj on the road. However, the home advantage is a plus form Petrolul here.
Going on, Petrolul lost just once against Cluj at this venue in the history of this match-up. Considering all these observations, we like to back Petrolul to win on Sunday.
Their recent head to head recordings suggest a low-scoring display here. Moreover, both teams had a very few high-scoring involvements at the end of the last season. Therefore, we don’t expect this match to have goals over 2.5 ft.
Since we expect a low-scoring match with a win for Petrolul, goals are unlikely to land from both teams. Moreover, Petrolul have a kept a clean sheet in every h2h matches against Cluj at this stadium barring a couple.
Petrolul have an exceptional h2h form against Universitatea Cluj at this venue. With the same home advantage, we expect Petrolul to have a positive start to this fresh Superliga season on Sunday.
We like to place Petrolul to win at 2.60 odds as the main tip for this match. For the second tip, we like to place the under 2.5 goals tip at 1.57 odds.
