Hermannstadt are longing to add to their points total at home in this game hosting UTA Arad.
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
This stadium has grass, unlike UTA Arad's home arena. The last 37 games by the away team on grass have ended with 10 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses.
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.
Hermannstadt form and stats
5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Hermannstadt so far this season. When Hermannstadt hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Voluntari, Hermannstadt, Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj and Arges), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
The followers are hoping that Hermannstadt will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Petrolul 52 (placed 7th).
Before that, Hermannstadt drew at home versus Arges.This is expected to be a close game, with Hermannstadt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hermannstadt as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Hermannstadt has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
It should be added that a glance at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Hermannstadt has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Hermannstadt have conceded 13 in these home matches.
UTA Arad form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UTA Arad so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Milošević (2) and Pop secured the home win 3-1 against Botosani in their previous game. That win was so crucial for this club, after a painful sequence of 14 league games in a row not winning.
A 1-2 defeat away at Chindia Târgovişte before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for UTA Arad, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 11 of this club's last 13 league matches.
The attacking power of UTA Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hermannstadt have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing UTA Arad.Here's what happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; UTA Arad - Hermannstadt 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 10 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |  P. Otele 5 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Hermannstadt | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 92% |
| 68% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 84% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 48% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 68% |
| 32% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 28% |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 25% |
| 9.8 | 8.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hermannstadt have scored at least twice as many goals at home as UTA Arad have scored away.
- Hermannstadt 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 | SSC Farul | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 52 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | FCSB | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 34 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 33 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Botosani | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | Chindia Târgovişte | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Arges | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 17 |
