Universitatea Cluj 2-3 Petrolul 52 — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 28 Aug 2026

📅28/08/2026 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home Pick
56%
1.64
Draw
26%
3.64
Away
18%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under
52%
2.0
Over
48%
1.77
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.74
No
50%
1.97
Total Goals
0-1
28%
3.57
2-3
46%
1.79
4-5
21%
3.16
6+
5%
10.9
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
34%
1/2
1%
1/X
5%
X/1
19%
X/2
7%
X/X
16%
2/1
3%
2/2
10%
2/X
5%
STRENGTH — pattern support: Good → Great · fuller bar = deeper record. Informational.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Universitatea Cluj The Market 61%
Head to Head
AWAY Petrolul 52 The Market 22%
Weak Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Average
1.87 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 0.89
0.91 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.69
Weak Attack Strength Weak
Strong Defense Strength Strong
55% Ball Possession 45%
14 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
365 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 295 · 77%
27 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14
20 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Universitatea Cluj
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Petrolul 52
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.15 xG 0.55
56% Ball Possession 44%
13 Total Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 3
379 Passes 264
80% Pass Accuracy 74%
17 Box Touches 12
18 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
14.12.2025 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 0-1 HT 0-0 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
09.08.2025 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 1-1 HT 1-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
14.12.2024 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 4-1 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
12.08.2024 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 0-0 HT 0-0 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
13.04.2024 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 1-2 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
11.11.2023 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 0-0 HT 0-0 Petrolul 52 Petrolul 52 ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Universitatea Cluj
2 - 3
AWAY Petrolul 52
2.17 xG 1.49
23 Total Shots 11
9 Shots on Target 8
10 Corners 4
469 Passes 167
47 Box Touches 10
44 Crosses 11
2 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Universitatea Cluj vs Petrolul 52
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Petrolul 52 found just enough to beat Universitatea Cluj 3-2 away from home. Half-time: 1-2. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

This one beat our numbers. Universitatea Cluj carried 56% before kick-off and it didn't land — a reminder that even strong leads lose regularly.

Neither goals market gave much away — over 2.5 sat at 48% and both teams to score at 50%. If anything the market was more convinced: the over-2.5 price stood at 1.77, roughly 56%.

Under the surface, shots finished 23-11, expected goals 2.17 to 1.49 — on chances, Universitatea Cluj could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Universitatea Cluj had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Universitatea Cluj and 0.67 for Petrolul 52.

Universitatea Cluj vs Petrolul 52 Result & Final Score

Universitatea Cluj 2 - 3 Petrolul 52 in the Romania - 1st Division on 28/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Universitatea Cluj vs Petrolul 52 Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Universitatea Cluj win the most likely single outcome at about 56%, with the full match-result split Universitatea Cluj 56%, draw 26%, Petrolul 52 18%. The final score 2-3 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 (Universitatea Cluj) ✗ Under 2.5
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