Football match preview: U Craiova 1948 vs UTA Arad

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complexul Sportiv Raional (1000 seats)

U Craiova 1948 have harvested 13 of their 23 in total here in familiar surroundings. What will happen against UTA Arad?

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Liga 1

UTA Arad play their home games on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. Relevant results for UTA Arad when playing on grass are 13 wins, 13 draws and 14 defeats from 40 matches. They have scored {38 goals} and conceded 38 times on these occasions.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, U Craiova 1948 have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.

The home team returns to Complexul Sportiv Raional after drawing with Petrolul 52 (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that, U Craiova 1948 had a home game versus Arges which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 U Craiova 1948 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 14 league games, 11 have seen two goals or less.

U Craiova 1948 have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot.

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UTA Arad form and stats

There's been little loot from UTA Arad's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Liga 1. UTA Arad only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Arad's last game was the home draw against Rapid Bucuresti (1-1).

Before that, UTA Arad travelled to Universitatea Cluj and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

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 UTA Arad, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 12 of this club's last 15 league fixtures.

Goals are few and far between in Arad's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 10 travels. 14 goals have been conceded by UTA Arad in these games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result UTA Arad - U Craiova 1948 2-1 logged in the official records. U Craiova 1948-UTA Arad H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Craiova one win, UTA Arad two wins, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradP. Otele
P. Otele
5 goals
UTA AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
4 goals
U Craiova 1948S. Sidibe
S. Sidibe
3 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

UTA Arad missing players

U Craiova 1948 UTA Arad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 7
10 5 1 Lost L 2 6 10
21 9 1 Scored S 1 5 18
24 10 1 Conceded C 5 14 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 81%
33% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 43%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
52% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 62%
24% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 14%
24% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 33%
 
6 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 4.6
4.4 4.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.3 4.2
2.4 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
11 12.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.9 9.6
4.1 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.9
24% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 17% 22%
 
11.3 10.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.1 11
4.4 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Liga 1
  • 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 SSC Farul 21 13 6 2 42 19 10 8 2 0 24 4 11 5 4 2 18 15 23 45
2 CFR Cluj 21 14 2 5 34 19 11 8 0 3 20 9 10 6 2 2 14 10 15 44
3 FCSB 21 11 5 5 36 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 11 38
4 Rapid Bucuresti 21 11 5 5 27 19 10 7 3 0 17 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 8 38
5 Universitatea Craiova 21 11 5 5 27 21 11 7 2 2 17 11 10 4 3 3 10 10 6 38
6 Sepsi 21 9 5 7 35 17 11 4 2 5 17 8 10 5 3 2 18 9 18 32
7 Petrolul 52 21 9 3 9 21 24 11 5 3 3 12 10 10 4 0 6 9 14 -3 30
8 Voluntari 21 6 8 7 19 20 11 4 3 4 11 8 10 2 5 3 8 12 -1 26
9 Hermannstadt 21 9 6 6 26 20 10 5 1 4 16 11 11 4 5 2 10 9 6 24
10 U Craiova 1948 21 6 5 10 21 24 10 4 1 5 9 10 11 2 4 5 12 14 -3 23
11 Arges 21 6 5 10 17 30 11 4 3 4 11 14 10 2 2 6 6 16 -13 23
12 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 6 10 22 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 21
13 Botoşani 21 4 9 8 17 34 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -17 21
14 Universitatea Cluj 21 4 7 10 14 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 11 1 3 7 6 15 -9 19
15 UTA Arad 21 4 7 10 18 29 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 1 3 6 5 14 -11 19
16 Mioveni 21 1 6 14 13 35 10 0 4 6 4 12 11 1 2 8 9 23 -22 9

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.