Soccer betting preview: Argeş welcomes UTA Arad in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 23.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

It's game two of the Liga 1 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Argeş-UTA Arad!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

16-14-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for UTA Arad when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 42 matches are 53-49 (scored/conceded).

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Argeş form and stats

Last season, Argeş's league statistics were 10 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Argeş managed 5-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 17 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 211 minutes without scoring a league goal. N. Mediop was the last player to find the net.

Argeş are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Universitatea Craiova.

Prior to that, an away loss at Hermannstadt.

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UTA Arad form and stats

Let's have a look at how UTA Arad performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 17/16 goals scored/conceded.

UTA Arad have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 220 minutes ago. L. Antal was the goal scorer. 328 minutes! That's how long the Arad goalkeeper Florin Iacob and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Arad's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs SSC Farul (placed 8th).

A 0-0 draw at Voluntari's stadium before that.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Argeş won six games, three matches ended with a draw and UTA Arad has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Argeş missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Argeş UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Argeş Last season UTA Arad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   19 39
13 7   Won W   9 13
12 7   Drew D   6 11
14 6   Lost L   4 15
43 26   Scored S   21 33
48 21   Conceded C   21 45
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 85%
67% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 54%
41% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 36%
21% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 13%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 10%
51% 60%   BTTS BTTS   47% 38%
23% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 38%
31% 25%   Failed to Score F T   26% 38%
 
3.7 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.2
5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 4.9
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.6
3 0   Red cards R C   2 6
 
8.5 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 8.9
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.2
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepsi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Gaz Metan Medias 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Rapid Bucuresti 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Universitatea Craiova 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Botosani 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 FCSB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 SSC Farul 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 UTA Arad 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Argeş 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Chindia Targoviste 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Mioveni 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Academica Clinceni 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chindia Targoviste 9 4 4 1 7 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 36
2 Gaz Metan Medias 9 4 3 2 15 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 32
3 Viitorul 9 5 1 3 9 4 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 2 1 2 5 2 5 32
4 UTA Arad 9 4 1 4 7 9 5 2 0 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 -2 32
5 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 31
6 Argeş 9 3 2 4 10 7 5 2 1 2 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 31
7 Voluntari 9 3 3 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 28
8 Hermannstadt 9 4 1 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 4 -3 26
9 Astra 9 1 2 6 6 12 5 0 1 4 2 8 4 1 1 2 4 4 -6 24
10 CSM Iasi 9 2 1 6 7 15 4 0 0 4 1 7 5 2 1 2 6 8 -8 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepsi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Gaz Metan Medias 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Rapid Bucuresti 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Universitatea Craiova 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Botosani 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 FCSB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 SSC Farul 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 UTA Arad 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Argeş 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Chindia Targoviste 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Mioveni 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Academica Clinceni 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.