Botoşani welcome UTA Arad for another interesting Liga 1 fixture here at Stadionul Municipal.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
17-13-12 (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 52-47 (scored/conceded).
Botoşani form and stats
A Liga 1 draw at home so far for Botoşani. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
A strong away win for Botoşani against Universitatea Craiova the last match, as Hervin Ongenda and Enriko Papa were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Voluntari and winning 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Botoşani perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botoşani as a small favourite), we find five games. Botoşani has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Botoşani's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
UTA Arad form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 4 matches.
There were no winners in Arad's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs FCSB (placed 4th).
Prior to that result Arad won their away game at Arges. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Arad, six draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, UTA Arad has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Botoşani zero wins, one draw and UTA Arad one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Papa 1 goals |  H. Ongenda 1 goals |  M. Roman 1 goals |
Botoşani missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Botoşani | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 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% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| Botoşani | Last season | UTA Arad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 15 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 54 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 85% | ||
| 75% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 54% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 15% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 10% | ||
| 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 38% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 38% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 38% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 27% | 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 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Botoşani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | FCSB | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Gaz Metan Medias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Arges | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 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 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 54 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 45 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 41 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 33 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 31 |