Another action-packed fixture in Liga 1 as Viitorul welcome UTA Arad

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

This is the Liga 1 season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Viitorul or UTA Arad get that important first win?

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting UTA Arad have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-12-15 (win-draw-loss) from 38 matches.

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Viitorul form and stats

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Viitorul's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn one and lost three.

Last season, Viitorul's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Liga 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Viitorul managed 8-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 13 conceded.

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UTA Arad form and stats

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Arad playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.

UTA Arad played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match UTA Arad scored 2 and conceded 0 goals.

A job perfectly done for Arad last season as they secured promotion from Liga 2. With a grand total of 16 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Viitorul missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viitorul UTA Arad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 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% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Viitorul Last season UTA Arad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   13 28
17 13   Won W   5 16
12 3   Drew D   5 7
11 4   Lost L   3 5
69 47   Scored S   24 60
46 19   Conceded C   13 21
88% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
75% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 82%
60% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 50%
38% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 21%
25% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 18%
57% 50%   BTTS BTTS   54% 39%
28% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 54%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   23% 11%
 
5.5 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.7
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 4.2
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
523 311   Total Shots T S   100 312
210 132   Shots on Target S O   41 129
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica Clinceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Astra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chindia Targoviste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gaz Metan Medias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Viitorul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Viitorul 14 6 5 3 25 17 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 1 4 2 9 11 8 43
2 Hermannstadt 12 6 4 2 18 14 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 3 2 1 9 8 4 35
3 Sepsi 13 4 5 4 19 17 6 2 3 1 9 7 7 2 2 3 10 10 2 34
4 Academica Clinceni 14 7 0 7 14 21 7 4 0 3 10 9 7 3 0 4 4 12 -7 32
5 Voluntari 14 6 3 5 16 12 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 2 1 4 6 9 4 31
6 CSM Iasi 14 5 4 5 17 17 7 4 1 2 10 7 7 1 3 3 7 10 0 30
7 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 2 2 5 8 11 5 0 2 3 3 7 4 2 0 2 5 4 -3 25
8 Chindia Targoviste 12 3 1 8 9 17 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 0 0 6 1 11 -8 23
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 Arges 5 2 2 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 27
2 Mioveni 5 2 1 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 -1 27
3 Petrolul 52 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 25
4 Rapid Bucuresti 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 25
5 Sporting Turnu 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 6
6 UTA Arad 5 1 2 2 8 8 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 5

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 Academica Clinceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Astra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chindia Targoviste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gaz Metan Medias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Viitorul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.