Football match betting preview: SSC Farul vs UTA Arad

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

Liga 1: SSC Farul host UTA Arad in what could be an appealing football game. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have the most scored goals (22) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

UTA Arad play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. The latest stats for UTA Arad when playing on grass are 14 wins, 13 draws and 13 defeats from 40 matches. They have managed to score 37 goals and conceded 40 times in these games.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Romania Cup. That game, against Foresta Suceava, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for UTA Arad.

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SSC Farul form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 6 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Central for SSC Farul. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Farul here at Stadionul Central, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A strong away win for SSC Farul against Petrolul 52 the last match, as Alibec (2) and Sali were on target.

Before that, SSC Farul had a home game versus Arges which ended with a victory 3-0.

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 Farul's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 4 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Goals keep flowing in this club's league fixtures, with 6 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).

A decent goal production from SSC Farul in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Farul have conceded only 3 goals.

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UTA Arad form and stats

There's been little loot from UTA Arad's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Liga 1. UTA Arad only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.

Two away games in a row for UTA Arad, whose boss Poenaru could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Foresta Suceava. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.

The game before that, in the Liga 1, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Hermannstadt.

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 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 4 draws and 1 home win.

Will both teams score? This club's latest fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

UTA Arad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. As opposed to that, UTA Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

UTA Arad have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) facing Farul.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulD. Alibec
D. Alibec
4 goals
UTA AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
4 goals
SSC FarulC. Grameni
C. Grameni
3 goals

SSC Farul missing players

UTA Arad missing players

SSC Farul UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 6 11
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
22 10 5 Scored S 0 3 11
10 3 1 Conceded C 1 8 13
82% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 82%
64% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 45%
36% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 55%
36% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
18% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 36%
 
4.8 3.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 3.7
3.2 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 4.4
2.4 2.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13 12.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.7 9.5
5.5 6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.9
36% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 26%
 
9 8.5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.8 10
4 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have not yet lost a game at home.
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as UTA Arad have scored away.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (7) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most scored goals (22) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 11 7 3 1 22 10 6 4 2 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 12 7 12 24
2 Rapid Bucuresti 11 8 0 3 12 6 5 5 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 3 4 4 6 24
3 Hermannstadt 10 6 4 0 15 7 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 2 3 0 6 4 8 22
4 CFR Cluj 9 6 0 3 16 9 6 4 0 2 12 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 7 18
5 Universitatea Craiova 10 5 2 3 13 12 6 4 1 1 10 7 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 17
6 Petrolul 52 11 5 2 4 11 12 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 0 2 6 6 -1 17
7 Sepsi 11 4 4 3 18 8 5 2 1 2 12 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 10 16
8 UTA Arad 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 1 2 3 3 8 -2 15
9 U Craiova 1948 11 4 2 5 12 11 5 3 0 2 6 4 6 1 2 3 6 7 1 14
10 Arges 11 4 1 6 9 15 6 3 0 3 7 6 5 1 1 3 2 9 -6 13
11 Voluntari 11 3 3 5 8 11 6 2 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 3 4 9 -3 12
12 Botosani 10 3 3 4 9 16 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 4 11 -7 12
13 Universitatea Cluj 11 2 4 5 7 11 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 4 7 -4 10
14 FCSB 9 1 5 3 11 15 5 1 4 0 8 7 4 0 1 3 3 8 -4 8
15 Mioveni 11 1 3 7 6 16 5 0 2 3 2 6 6 1 1 4 4 10 -10 6
16 Chindia Targoviste 10 0 3 7 10 18 4 0 1 3 4 8 6 0 2 4 6 10 -8 3

Read more about Liga 1

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.