In this week 8 match on Aug 31st, Chindia Târgovişte hosts Petrolul 52 in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 32 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Chindia Târgovişte sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against FCSB. Doru Popadiuc scored the first goal for Chindia Târgovişte in the 22nd minute, then Daniel Popa added another in the 28th minute But luckily in the 59th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Joonas Tamm. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Petrolul 52, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Mioveni. Neither Petrolul 52 nor Mioveni could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Petrolul 52 is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Petrolul 52’s most prolific scorer has been Gheorghe Grozav. The Romanian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Andreas Mihaiu and Andrei Dragos Serban are the top scorers for Chindia Târgovişte in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.