UTA Arad are opening their away dressing room to Argeş for another highly important fixture following their 1-2 result against 4th-placed Universitatea Craiova.
- UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Liga 1
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.
UTA Arad form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for UTA Arad so far this season. When UTA Arad hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like U Craiova 1948, Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, UTA Arad and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
The UTA Arad regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadionul Motorul: A 1-2 defeat against Universitatea Craiova (placed 4th).
A 2-2 result against FCSB before that one, played at home in the Romania Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does UTA Arad handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Some stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
Arad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. UTA Arad have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Argeş form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Argeş so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Schumacher, the Argeş manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Calcan was the last player to score for the away team. Argeş haven't scored a league goal in the last 218 minutes.
Argeş are travelling again after losing away to Petrolul 52 in their previous match (0-2).
Before that game, 0-0 away against FCM Baia Mare in the Romania Cup. We have checked recent matches where Argeş have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Observe: 9 of the last 11 league matches featuring this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Argeş - Arad 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one UTA Arad victory, three draws and six Argeş wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Postolachi 4 goals |   A. Garita 4 goals | A. Ișfan 3 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Argeş missing players
| UTA Arad | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 60% |
| 47% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 60% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 9.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 26% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 11.1 | 12.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 12.4 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
- All of UTA Arad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
- UTA Arad have scored in all their home matches so far.
- UTA Arad haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | FCSB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Botosani | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Argeş | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | UTA Arad | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
