Petrolul 52 1-5 Otelul Galati — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 18 May 2026

📅18/05/2026 · 🕒20:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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
54%
1.76
Draw
25%
3.35
Away
21%
4.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
1.67
Over 2.5
47%
2.1
Both Teams to Score
Yes
46%
1.99
No
54%
1.73
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
32%
2.58
2-3 Goals
39%
1.7
4-5 Goals
20%
4.02
6+ Goals
9%
19.75
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
20%
1/2
5%
1/X
7%
X/1
18%
X/2
7%
X/X
13%
2/1
16%
2/2
9%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
54%
Home Win
53%
+1.5pp
25%
Draw
26%
-1.8pp
21%
Away Win
21%
+0.4pp
53%
Under 2.5
56%
-2.8pp
47%
Over 2.5
44%
+2.8pp
46%
BTTS Yes
46%
-0.5pp
54%
BTTS No
54%
+0.5pp
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 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Otelul Galati EU Bookmakers 24%
+16% / +16% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / +6%
1.71/0.69 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.20/1.18
+27% / +51% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +16% / +15%
56% Ball Possession 44%
15 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
327 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 210 · 69%
29.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.2
28.9 Crosses 18.9
2.1 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Petrolul 52
1W-4D-1L
AWAY Otelul Galati
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
0.91 xG 0.97
48% Ball Possession 52%
10 Total Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
268 Passes 305
74% Pass Accuracy 77%
17 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
08.11.2025 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 0-0 HT 0-0 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
13.07.2025 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati 0-0 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
12.05.2025 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 1-3 HT 1-1 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
18.01.2025 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati 0-0 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
23.08.2024 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 0-0 HT 0-0 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
05.05.2024 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 2-1 HT 1-1 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Petrolul 52
1-5
AWAY Otelul Galati
1.20 xG 1.50
40% Ball Possession 60%
15 Total Shots 17
7 Shots on Target 9
7 Corners 5
218 Passes 370
75% Pass Accuracy 83%
18 Box Touches 29
15 Crosses 16
0 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Petrolul 52 vs Otelul Galati
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Otelul Galati swept aside Petrolul 52 5-1 away from home. Half-time: 1-3. 6 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match lean was Petrolul 52 at 54%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 46%.

On the day, Petrolul 52 had 40% of the ball to Otelul Galati's 60%, shots finished 15-17, expected goals 1.20 to 1.50.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 1 apiece, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for Petrolul 52 and 0.67 for Otelul Galati.

What was the final score of Petrolul 52 vs Otelul Galati?

Petrolul 52 1-5 Otelul Galati in the Romania - 1st Division on 18/05/2026. 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 Otelul Galati?

Before kick-off our model rated a Petrolul 52 win the most likely single outcome at about 54%, with the full match-result split Petrolul 52 54%, draw 25%, Otelul Galati 21%. The final score 1-5 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

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