Football match preview: SSC Farul vs UTA Arad

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

This is the game, this is Liga 1 and this is SSC Farul - UTA Arad. Prepare with our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This field has grass, unlike UTA Arad's home ground. The latest 43 games by the away side on grass have seen 18 wins, 15 draws and 10 losses.

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SSC Farul form and stats

Home games in the Liga 1 have been a walk in the park for SSC Farul so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Farul's last game was hosting Universitatea Craiova (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. Manager G. Hagi felt very clever after Adrian Petre scored the winning goal against Universitatea Craiova, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 76th minute.

Preceding that match was the home game against FCSB that was lost 0-1.

The Farul manager G. Hagi has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Farul have only let in 2 goals at home.

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UTA Arad form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.

Arad have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 225 minutes ago. I. Hora was the goal scorer.

Arad has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mioveni for a Liga 1 game that ended a draw (0-0).

A 0-2 loss hosting Chindia Targoviste before that.

Arad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Arad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported result featuring both these contenders is the UTA Arad - Farul 0-0 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Farul wins - draws - UTA Arad wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
9 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
5 goals
UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
5 goals

SSC Farul missing players

UTA Arad missing players

SSC Farul UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 7 15
7 6 0 Won W 1 3 6
3 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
18 14 0 Scored S 1 8 15
9 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 10
87% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 80%
53% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 47%
27% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 27%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 27%
53% 71% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 71% 60%
40% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 33%
 
4.9 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 5.3
4.4 4.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 3.7
1.5 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.6 11.2
3.3 4.1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.9
37% 48% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 25%
 
8.6 7.9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.7 9.3
3.3 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.7 2.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • 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 at home.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • UTA Arad have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 15 13 0 2 23 8 8 8 0 0 15 4 7 5 0 2 8 4 15 39
2 FCSB 15 9 4 2 26 12 7 6 1 0 21 6 8 3 3 2 5 6 14 31
3 Universitatea Craiova 15 9 1 5 28 13 8 6 1 1 22 5 7 3 0 4 6 8 15 28
4 Botoşani 15 7 6 2 14 11 7 2 3 2 4 6 8 5 3 0 10 5 3 27
5 Voluntari 15 8 1 6 17 16 8 5 1 2 10 5 7 3 0 4 7 11 1 25
6 SSC Farul 15 7 3 5 18 9 7 6 0 1 14 2 8 1 3 4 4 7 9 24
7 UTA Arad 15 6 6 3 15 10 8 3 3 2 7 6 7 3 3 1 8 4 5 24
8 Rapid Bucuresti 14 6 5 3 16 10 8 3 2 3 6 5 6 3 3 0 10 5 6 23
9 Argeş 15 6 3 6 13 10 7 2 1 4 3 5 8 4 2 2 10 5 3 21
10 Chindia Targoviste 15 4 5 6 10 10 7 2 2 3 6 6 8 2 3 3 4 4 0 17
11 Gaz Metan Mediaş 15 4 3 8 12 18 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 2 0 5 5 10 -6 15
12 Sepsi 15 2 8 5 15 17 8 2 3 3 11 10 7 0 5 2 4 7 -2 14
13 U Craiova 1948 15 3 5 7 11 15 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 1 2 5 6 10 -4 14
14 Mioveni 15 3 4 8 9 22 7 1 3 3 2 5 8 2 1 5 7 17 -13 13
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 15 2 2 11 12 36 8 2 2 4 10 14 7 0 0 7 2 22 -24 8
16 Academica Clinceni 14 0 4 10 10 32 6 0 2 4 4 10 8 0 2 6 6 22 -22 4

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.