Here's another appealing fixture in the Liga 1. UTA Arad is in the 14th position from playing three matches. They welcome CSM Iaşi who are placed 9th from three fixtures.
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
UTA Arad form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga 1 game of the season here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from UTA Arad's 4 home games.
The fans are hoping that Arad will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Hermannstadt (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was the home game against CFR Cluj that was lost 1-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does UTA Arad handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from UTA Arad's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 3 conceded.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
Things could have gone better for CSM Iaşi in their Liga 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's the second away game in a row for CSM Iaşi, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus SSC Farul (placed 3rd) last time out.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Hermannstadt.We have checked recent matches where Iaşi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
CSM Iaşi have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior eight meetings): UTA Arad won one game, three matches ended with a draw and CSM Iaşi got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Pop 1 goals |  G. Cooper 1 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
CSM Iaşi missing players
| UTA Arad | CSM Iaşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 15.3 | 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga 1
| UTA Arad | Last season | CSM Iaşi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 69% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 10% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 62% | 68% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 41% | ||
| 28% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 21% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | CSM Iaşi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Botosani | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Otelul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Botosani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 11 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSM Iaşi | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 60 |
| 2 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 52 |
| 3 | Otelul | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 49 |
| 4 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 42 |
| 6 | Unirea Dej | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 40 |
