Chindia Târgovişte have delivered 2 home triumphs up until now, UTA Arad have won 1 away. Which team improves their standings after this one?
- Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
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 11-14-14 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
Chindia Târgovişte 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.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga 1 this season. Chindia Târgovişte have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadionul Eugen Popescu.
Happy days for Târgovişte in their previous game, a fixture away at Petrolul 52 (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win six consecutive games.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Arges.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chindia Târgovişte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 4.
The Chindia Târgovişte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Chindia Târgovişte's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
UTA Arad form and stats
There's been little loot from UTA Arad's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Liga 1. UTA Arad only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Arad, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
UTA Arad's previous game was their home loss versus Mioveni (1-2). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
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 14 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Arad, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 14 of this club's latest 17 league fixtures.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. UTA Arad have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result UTA Arad - Chindia Târgovişte 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Târgovişte four wins, three draws and UTA Arad three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Popadiuc 7 goals |  D. Popa 6 goals |  P. Otele 5 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 91% |
| 78% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 83% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 36% | 43% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 65% |
| 22% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 30% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10.6 | 11.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 19% | 23% |
| 10 | 8.4 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Chindia Târgovişte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (3) 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 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 47 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | FCSB | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chindia Târgovişte | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Arges | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 24 |
| 13 | Botosani | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 15 |
