UTA Arad 1-0 Petrolul 52 — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 8 Dec 2025

📅08/12/2025 · 🕒18:30 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
39%
2.33
Draw
31%
2.88
Away
30%
3.08
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
57%
1.54
Over 2.5
43%
2.33
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.96
No
47%
1.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
29%
2.33
2-3 Goals
42%
1.75
4-5 Goals
21%
4.76
6+ Goals
8%
27.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
1/2
5%
1/X
8%
X/1
12%
X/2
9%
X/X
14%
2/1
6%
2/2
16%
2/X
9%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
39%
Home Win
39%
-0.2pp
30%
Draw
31%
-0.9pp
30%
Away Win
29%
+1.1pp
57%
Under 2.5
61%
-3.6pp
43%
Over 2.5
39%
+3.6pp
53%
BTTS Yes
47%
+5.9pp
47%
BTTS No
53%
-5.9pp
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 UTA Arad EU Bookmakers 43%
Head to Head
AWAY Petrolul 52 EU Bookmakers 32%
-1% / +11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -13%
1.48/1.47 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.12/1.30
+1% / -10% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -36% / +14%
52% Ball Possession 48%
12 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
346 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 291 · 78%
21.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.8
18.2 Crosses 21.0
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME UTA Arad
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Petrolul 52
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.08 xG 1.06
43% Ball Possession 57%
11 Total Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 5
191 Passes 386
67% Pass Accuracy 80%
13 Box Touches 25
13 Crosses 31
2 Yellow Cards 2
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
22.04.2024 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 1-1 HT 1-0 UTA Arad UTA Arad ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME UTA Arad
1-0
AWAY Petrolul 52
0.89 xG 0.42
55% Ball Possession 45%
16 Total Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 1
415 Passes 334
83% Pass Accuracy 80%
33 Box Touches 6
40 Crosses 15
3 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH UTA Arad vs Petrolul 52
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

UTA Arad squeezed past Petrolul 52 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

We called this one close before kick-off — 39% / 30% / 30% — and on the day UTA Arad made the difference. The goals side of the card held up too — under 2.5 goals (57%) came in.

On the day, UTA Arad had 55% of the ball to Petrolul 52's 45%, shots finished 16-7, expected goals 0.89 to 0.42.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, UTA Arad had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for UTA Arad and 0.67 for Petrolul 52.

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

UTA Arad 1-0 Petrolul 52 in the Romania - 1st Division on 08/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a UTA Arad win the most likely single outcome at about 39%, with the full match-result split UTA Arad 39%, draw 30%, Petrolul 52 30%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (UTA Arad), Under 2.5 — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (UTA Arad) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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