Read up on this engrossing fixture in the Liga 1. Sepsi is in the 7th place from completing five games. They welcome UTA Arad who are placed 12th from six matches.
- Sepsi have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) 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 7-16-15 (win-draw-loss) from 38 matches.
It's no vacation for neither Sepsi 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.
Sepsi form and stats
Sepsi must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Municipal.
The regulars hope that Sepsi will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Bodø / Glimt.
A 2-2 result against Bodø / Glimt before that one, played at home in the Europa Conference League. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sepsi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Sepsi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
UTA Arad form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Liga 1 for UTA Arad with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Two travels in a row for UTA Arad, whose boss Rednic could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Dumbravita.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against FCSB in the Liga 1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Arad playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 2 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UTA Arad as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between these participants: Sepsi won four, UTA Arad triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Šafranko 2 goals |   G. Cooper 2 goals | A. Fábry 2 goals |
Sepsi missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Sepsi | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 60% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.4 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 13.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 43% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 11 | 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 3.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 4.8 |
- All of UTA Arad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sepsi have not yet lost a game.
- Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sepsi have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Liga 1
- Sepsi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sepsi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have yet to win a game away.
- UTA Arad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Otelul | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Botoşani | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
