Chindia Târgovişte vs UTA Arad betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Chindia Târgovişte - UTA Arad in Liga 1: Statistics, team lineups, tables, trends and news. Read our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga 1

UTA Arad play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Recent statistics for UTA Arad when playing on grass are 15 wins, 17 draws and 8 defeats from 40 matches. They have managed to score 47 goals and conceded 35 times on these occasions.

It's no vacation for neither Chindia Târgovişte nor UTA Arad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

Chindia Târgovişte's results here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. Târgovişte are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadionul Ilie Oană with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the SSC Farul match.

The club members are hoping that Chindia Târgovişte will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Universitatea Craiova (placed 3rd).

Before that, Chindia Târgovişte drew at home versus Botosani.

This is expected to be a close game, with Chindia Târgovişte perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chindia Târgovişte as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Târgovişte has won three of these, drawn eight and lost five.

Chindia Târgovişte aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, with only 10 goals from 14 games.

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UTA Arad form and stats

The visitors are W3-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. One point away has become something of a habit for UTA Arad who have played out draws in their last three away games.

UTA Arad had fun at their own home (Stadionul Ilie Oană) last time out, beating Academica Clinceni 2-0. Miculescu and Ubbink scored.

A 1-1 draw at U Craiova 1948's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Arad, eight draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mioveni in just four days.

The attacking power of UTA Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's not easy to score on UTA Arad as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result UTA Arad - Târgovişte 0-2 written in the official records. Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Chindia Târgovişte, three draws and four wins for UTA Arad. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
8 goals
TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
6 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
3 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chindia Târgovişte UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
6 2 1 Won W 2 3 8
11 7 3 Drew D 3 8 13
11 5 0 Lost L 0 3 7
18 10 6 Scored S 7 12 22
23 14 4 Conceded C 3 10 18
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 64% 71%
36% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 43%
18% 21% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 21%
11% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 7%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 36% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 29%
43% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 57% 57%
54% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 43%
 
3.4 4.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 4.8
4.5 4.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.6 3.6
2.3 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2 2.1
5 4 2 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.4 8.1 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.9 11.7
3.4 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 4.2
19% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 21% 19%
 
10.1 9.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 10.9 9.2
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 2.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • UTA Arad have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 CFR Cluj 27 21 4 2 41 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 13 9 2 2 19 9 26 67
2 FCSB 27 17 8 2 53 25 13 10 3 0 37 16 14 7 5 2 16 9 28 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 14 6 8 51 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 22 48
4 Voluntari 27 13 7 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 15 6 46
5 Botosani 27 11 12 4 32 24 13 6 5 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 45
6 SSC Farul 27 12 6 9 38 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 13 3 5 5 16 12 18 42
7 Arges 27 12 5 10 25 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 41
8 UTA Arad 28 8 13 7 22 18 14 5 5 4 10 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 4 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 27 8 12 7 30 27 13 4 6 3 12 9 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 36
10 Sepsi 27 7 12 8 28 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 11 14 3 33
11 Chindia Târgovişte 28 6 11 11 18 23 14 2 7 5 10 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -5 29
12 Mioveni 27 6 10 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 28
13 U Craiova 1948 27 6 9 12 24 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 27
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 27 4 4 19 21 58 14 4 3 7 16 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -37 16
15 Gaz Metan Medias 27 6 6 15 21 37 13 2 6 5 11 14 14 4 0 10 10 23 -16 14
16 Academica Clinceni 28 2 5 21 19 63 14 1 3 10 10 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -44 11

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 CFR Cluj 27 21 4 2 41 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 13 9 2 2 19 9 26 67
2 FCSB 27 17 8 2 53 25 13 10 3 0 37 16 14 7 5 2 16 9 28 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 14 6 8 51 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 22 48
4 Voluntari 27 13 7 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 15 6 46
5 Botosani 27 11 12 4 32 24 13 6 5 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 45
6 SSC Farul 27 12 6 9 38 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 13 3 5 5 16 12 18 42
7 Arges 27 12 5 10 25 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 41
8 UTA Arad 28 8 13 7 22 18 14 5 5 4 10 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 4 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 27 8 12 7 30 27 13 4 6 3 12 9 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 36
10 Sepsi 27 7 12 8 28 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 11 14 3 33
11 Chindia Târgovişte 28 6 11 11 18 23 14 2 7 5 10 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -5 29
12 Mioveni 27 6 10 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 28
13 U Craiova 1948 27 6 9 12 24 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 27
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 27 4 4 19 21 58 14 4 3 7 16 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -37 16
15 Gaz Metan Medias 27 6 6 15 21 37 13 2 6 5 11 14 14 4 0 10 10 23 -16 14
16 Academica Clinceni 28 2 5 21 19 63 14 1 3 10 10 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -44 11

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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.