UTA Arad will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Botoşani.
- UTA Arad has the fewest points (7) at home in Liga 1
- Botoşani is in the best form (5-0-1)
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad's struggle is real here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann with only 7 points collected from 11 Liga 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-6. With seven home Liga 1 games in a row without a win, the UTA Arad fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Chindia Targoviste game long ago, can be stopped today.
Arad shared the glory with Chindia Targoviste in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Universitatea Cluj in the Romania Cup.
The manager L. Balint will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gaz Metan Mediaş in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for UTA Arad here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the UTA Arad defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Botoşani form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Botoşani playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. The fact that Botoşani have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Botoşani are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga 1 against Gaz Metan Mediaş (placed 9th). A loss against Universitatea Craiova was the result prior to that, in a Romania Cup home game.
A quick return to home after this game, as Botoşani are hosting FCSB in the Liga 1 only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Botoşani's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. As for defending, Botoşani rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Botoşani - Arad 2-3.Top Goalscorers
  H. Keyta 13 goals |   E. da Silva 4 goals |  A. Hora 3 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Botoşani missing players
| UTA Arad | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 31 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 29 |
| 87% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 65% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 78% |
| 43% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 82% | 61% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 17% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 91% | 65% |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 30% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8.6 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.8 | 9.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 40% | 36% |
- Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botoşani have scored at least twice as many goals away as UTA Arad have scored home.
- Botoşani have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Botoşani is in the best form (5-0-1)
- UTA Arad has the fewest points (7) at home in Liga 1
- UTA Arad has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | FCSB | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 48 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Academica Clinceni | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -9 | 29 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Arges | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Viitorul | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Astra | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 | Voluntari | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 16 |