UTA Arad supporters put their faith in manager Balint to deliver victory against Gaz Metan Mediaş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Francisc von Neumann (4000 seats)

With their 7 point lead in the league standings, UTA Arad followers crave to see their team win all points from this match hosting Gaz Metan Mediaş.

Insights:
  • UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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UTA Arad form and stats

3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for UTA Arad so far this season.

The fans are hoping that UTA Arad will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga 1 game against Voluntari (placed 3rd).

0-0 away at Universitatea Craiova before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how UTA Arad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost six.

Arad have scored 7 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. UTA Arad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

Gaz Metan Mediaş have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-0-7 (10 played).

There were no winners in Gaz Metan Mediaş's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Universitatea Craiova (placed 5th).

A 1-2 defeat away at Botosani before that.

Gaz Metan Mediaş are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gaz Metan Mediaş as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Mediaş in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Gaz Metan Mediaş - UTA Arad 0-1 logged in the official records. Previous six meetings featuring these squads: UTA Arad won three, Gaz Metan Mediaş triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
6 goals
UTA AradA. Hora
A. Hora
4 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşJ. de Sousa Matias
J. de Sousa Matias
4 goals

UTA Arad missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

UTA Arad Gaz Metan Mediaş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 2 3 5
9 4 0 Drew D 0 0 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 7 11
17 7 1 Scored S 4 8 17
15 7 2 Conceded C 4 14 25
71% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
43% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 62%
29% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 38%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 52%
57% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
43% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 38%
 
4.6 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.1
4 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.6 6.3
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.4 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.7 12.5 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 5.8 6.3
3.8 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.7 2.7
22% 18% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 30%
 
9.3 8.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.2 10.8
2.9 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 21 19 0 2 32 8 11 11 0 0 19 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 24 57
2 FCSB 21 14 5 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 11 5 4 2 9 8 21 47
3 Voluntari 21 11 4 6 25 20 11 7 2 2 15 8 10 4 2 4 10 12 5 37
4 Botosani 21 8 10 3 21 19 10 3 5 2 9 10 11 5 5 1 12 9 2 34
5 Universitatea Craiova 21 9 5 7 36 23 10 6 2 2 24 8 11 3 3 5 12 15 13 32
6 SSC Farul 21 9 5 7 23 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 11 2 4 5 7 9 10 32
7 Rapid Bucuresti 21 8 8 5 26 21 11 4 4 3 10 7 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 32
8 Arges 21 8 4 9 19 18 10 3 2 5 8 10 11 5 2 4 11 8 1 28
9 UTA Arad 21 6 9 6 17 15 10 3 4 3 7 7 11 3 5 3 10 8 2 27
10 Sepsi 21 5 11 5 21 18 11 3 5 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 26
11 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 7 9 13 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 11 3 4 4 5 5 -4 22
12 Mioveni 21 5 6 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 11 2 3 6 8 19 -14 21
13 Gaz Metan Mediaş 21 5 5 11 17 25 11 2 5 4 9 11 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 20
14 U Craiova 1948 21 4 7 10 15 21 11 2 4 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 19
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 21 3 3 15 15 43 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 0 0 10 4 27 -28 12
16 Academica Clinceni 21 2 5 14 15 41 11 1 3 7 7 16 10 1 2 7 8 25 -26 11

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.