Only a few games have been played in the Liga 1 so far, with UTA Arad placed 8th and CSM Iaşi sitting in the 9th position.
UTA Arad and CSM Iaşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike CSM Iaşi's home stadium. The visitors last two games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 losses.
UTA Arad form and stats
The first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Motorul resulted in a draw. Last season UTA Arad's home game statistics were 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 3 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Arad has four draws from their last four matches.
Arad shared the glory with Arges in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Arad drew at home versus Voluntari.
This is expected to be a close game, with Arad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with UTA Arad as a small favourite), we find four games. UTA Arad has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
At Stadionul Motorul, UTA Arad has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Liga 1 ended in defeat. Last season CSM Iaşi had these away match statistics: Played 7; won 1, drew 3 and lost 3.
Home advantage was not enough for CSM Iaşi in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting Gaz Metan Medias, 1-4. Prior to that match, the CSM Iaşi manager D. Pancu faced defeat when travelling to Botoşani and losing 0-4.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with CSM Iaşi playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Iaşi wins, two draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but CSM Iaşi has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Arad won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and CSM Iaşi has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Bustea 1 goals | V. Buhăcianu 1 goals |   J. Passaglia 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 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
- CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals (4) away in Liga 1
- CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
- CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
- CSM Iaşi has the the worst goal difference (-4) away in Liga 1
- CSM Iaşi has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Liga 1
| UTA Arad | Last season | CSM Iaşi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 30 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 18% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 39% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 57% | ||
| 54% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 312 | 212 | Total Shots | T S | 161 | 367 | ||
| 129 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 158 | ||
| 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botoşani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FCSB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Gaz Metan Medias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | CSM Iaşi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Arges | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | Arges | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | Mioveni | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 27 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Sporting Turnu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 | Viitorul | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 32 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | CSM Iaşi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 23 |