The Liga 1 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Argeş and UTA Arad are placed 15th and 8th respectively.
Argeş and UTA Arad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
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; 11 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 51 goals in these games and conceded 49.
Argeş form and stats
Argeş's first Liga 1 home game here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 2 matches.
Argeş are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Gaz Metan Mediaş. Ahead of that match, Argeş lost 2-3 at home to Botoşani.
Argeş has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
UTA Arad form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 2 away games resulted in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats. With three draws in a row for Arad the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Visiting UTA Arad has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Arad's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Voluntari that finished 0-0. Before that, Arad travelled to Viitorul and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
UTA Arad have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Argeş wins - draws - UTA Arad wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Deac 1 goals |  I. Năstăsie 1 goals |  V. Buhăcianu 1 goals |
Argeş missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Argeş | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| Argeş | Last season | UTA Arad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 60 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 86% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 83% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 82% | ||
| 55% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 21% | ||
| 10% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 18% | ||
| 59% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 39% | ||
| 31% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 54% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 11% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 306 | 125 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 312 | ||
| 106 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 129 | ||
| 38% | 41% | 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 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Argeş | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | Argeş | 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 |