Petrolul 52 1-1 UTA Arad — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 3 May 2026

📅03/05/2026 · 🕒18:15 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
44%
2.02
Draw
31%
3.04
Away
25%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
59%
1.64
Over 2.5
41%
2.15
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.9
No
51%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
33%
2.53
2-3 Goals
40%
1.7
4-5 Goals
19%
4.11
6+ Goals
8%
20.8
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
1/2
6%
1/X
9%
X/1
9%
X/2
10%
X/X
15%
2/1
9%
2/2
9%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
44%
Home Win
45%
-0.9pp
31%
Draw
29%
+1.6pp
25%
Away Win
26%
-0.6pp
59%
Under 2.5
57%
+1.8pp
41%
Over 2.5
43%
-1.8pp
49%
BTTS Yes
49%
+0.4pp
51%
BTTS No
51%
-0.4pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Petrolul 52 EU Bookmakers 50%
Head to Head
AWAY UTA Arad EU Bookmakers 29%
+4% / +1% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +3% / +5%
1.41/0.81 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.07/1.51
-13% / +9% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -13% / +18%
52% Ball Possession 48%
13 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
337 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 313 · 77%
25.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.5
28.2 Crosses 17.5
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Petrolul 52
0W-1D-5L
AWAY UTA Arad
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
0.93 xG 1.04
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
376 Passes 236
80% Pass Accuracy 70%
21 Box Touches 17
28 Crosses 18
3 Yellow Cards 3
08.12.2025 UTA Arad UTA Arad 1-0 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
30.10.2025 UTA Arad UTA Arad 1-1 HT 1-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROMK
01.08.2025 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 1-2 HT 1-1 UTA Arad UTA Arad ROM
05.05.2025 UTA Arad UTA Arad 2-0 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
15.02.2025 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 0-1 HT 0-1 UTA Arad UTA Arad ROM
04.10.2024 UTA Arad UTA Arad 3-1 HT 2-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Petrolul 52
1-1
AWAY UTA Arad
1.38 xG 1.66
60% Ball Possession 40%
15 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 4
367 Passes 222
82% Pass Accuracy 72%
29 Box Touches 25
29 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Petrolul 52 and UTA Arad couldn't be separated, finishing 1-1. Half-time: 0-1.

Our pre-match lean was Petrolul 52 at 44%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (59%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Petrolul 52 had 60% of the ball to UTA Arad's 40%, shots finished 15-12, expected goals 1.38 to 1.66.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, UTA Arad led the recent series with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for Petrolul 52 and 1.67 for UTA Arad.

What was the final score of Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad?

Petrolul 52 1-1 UTA Arad in the Romania - 1st Division on 03/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Petrolul 52 vs UTA Arad?

Before kick-off our model rated a Petrolul 52 win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Petrolul 52 44%, draw 31%, UTA Arad 25%. The final score 1-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5 — while Match Result (Petrolul 52), BTTS No went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Petrolul 52) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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