Argeş are opening their away dressing room to UTA Arad for yet another crucial fixture following their 2-0 result vs Mioveni.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the fewest points (8) away in Liga 1
Argeş's stadium, Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin, has a grass surface. UTA Arad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for UTA Arad when playing on grass; 8 wins, 14 draws and 15 losses from 37 matches. They have scored {30 goals} in these games and conceded 36.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Argeş form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, Argeş have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. When Argeş hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hermannstadt, Mioveni, Argeş, Botosani and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
It's back home for Argeş, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mioveni away with the result 2-0. Garita and Calcan found the net in that victory.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hermannstadt.It should be considered that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Argeş's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
UTA Arad form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UTA Arad so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-9 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Impressive finishing from Figueira secured the home win 1-0 against Hermannstadt in their previous game. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league games without winning.
A defeat, in the Romania Cup away at Universitatea Cluj, earlier.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UTA Arad as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Arad in these games.
Head 2 Head
UTA Arad - Argeş 0-1 was the result in these squads' last head-to-head game, played this season. Steau (UTA Arad) and Erico (UTA Arad) were sent off when these teams met earlier this season. Will it be as hot-tempered this time? Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Argeş wins - draws - UTA Arad wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Garita 10 goals |   V. Postolachi 7 goals | P. Otele 5 goals |
Argeş missing players
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| Argeş | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 48 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 47 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | 92% |
| 61% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | 78% |
| 31% | 29% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 33% | 29% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 56% | 61% |
| 28% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 53% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 31% |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7.8 | 9.6 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 25% | 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 20% | 26% |
| 11.6 | 10.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest points (8) away in Liga 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botosani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Argeş | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
