Another fun-filled match in Liga 1 as UTA Arad receive Hermannstadt

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Motorul (7287 seats)

This pair of contenders are satisfied with a quality season so far and match dates like this one could be influential. Get ready for UTA Arad - Hermannstadt!

Insights:
  • UTA Arad have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Hermannstadt is in the best form (4-2-0) 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.

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UTA Arad form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, UTA Arad have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.

UTA Arad are returning here after visiting Botoşani and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Postolachi and Cascini scored the goal(s).

In the match before that, Arad hosted Chindia Targoviste and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with UTA 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 11 games. UTA Arad has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

UTA Arad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Motorul with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Arad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Motorul in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Hermannstadt form and stats

Playing away, Hermannstadt have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

Hermannstadt won their last game, 2-1 versus Petrolul 52 played at home. The end of the last match, against Petrolul 52, was very satisfying as Stoica scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Arges at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hermannstadt playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Hermannstadt wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

It's not easy to score on Hermannstadt as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Hermannstadt have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when playing UTA Arad.

Top Goalscorers

HermannstadtD. Paraschiv
D. Paraschiv
5 goals
HermannstadtB. Alhassan
B. Alhassan
4 goals
AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
3 goals

UTA Arad missing players

Hermannstadt missing players

UTA Arad Hermannstadt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 7 2 Scored S 0 4 13
11 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 89%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
20% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 44%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 11%
 
3.8 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3
4.2 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.9
2.8 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 11.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 9.2
3.8 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.2
26% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 34%
 
9.9 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12 10.1
3.6 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of UTA Arad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hermannstadt have not yet lost a game.
  • Hermannstadt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hermannstadt is in the best form (4-2-0) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have not yet lost a game at home.
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Rapid Bucuresti 10 7 0 3 10 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 6 3 0 3 4 4 5 21
2 Hermannstadt 9 5 4 0 13 6 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 1 3 0 4 3 7 19
3 SSC Farul 9 5 3 1 16 9 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 2 1 1 9 6 7 18
4 Petrolul 52 10 5 2 3 10 9 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 6 6 1 17
5 UTA Arad 10 4 3 3 10 11 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 1 2 3 3 8 -1 15
6 U Craiova 1948 10 4 2 4 12 10 5 3 0 2 6 4 5 1 2 2 6 6 2 14
7 Universitatea Craiova 8 4 2 2 11 9 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 14
8 Sepsi 10 3 4 3 11 8 4 1 1 2 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 13
9 Arges 9 4 1 4 9 11 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 -2 13
10 CFR Cluj 7 4 0 3 13 9 5 3 0 2 10 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 12
11 Botoşani 9 3 3 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 12
12 Voluntari 9 2 2 5 6 10 5 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 0 3 3 8 -4 8
13 FCSB 7 1 4 2 9 12 4 1 3 0 7 6 3 0 1 2 2 6 -3 7
14 Mioveni 9 1 3 5 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 5 5 1 1 3 3 8 -8 6
15 Universitatea Cluj 9 0 4 5 5 11 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 0 2 3 3 7 -6 4
16 Chindia Targoviste 9 0 3 6 10 17 4 0 1 3 4 8 5 0 2 3 6 9 -7 3

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.