Liga 1 news and preview: UTA Arad small betting favourite to get the better of Mioveni

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Motorul (7287 seats)

UTA Arad - Mioveni: Liga 1 dungeon dwellers scrapping for points and greatness. Check out all the relevant stats and information before the fixture!

Insights:
  • UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (14) in Liga 1

UTA Arad and Mioveni 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.

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UTA Arad form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for UTA Arad at their home stadium (Stadionul Motorul) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Arad are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadionul Motorul with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.

The UTA Arad manager Balint and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus U Craiova 1948 (placed 10th). Postolachi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against U Craiova 1948 after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Preceding that game was the away draw at Universitatea Cluj that finished 0-0.

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 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Some stats: A review of the 16 latest league games shows that 13 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The UTA Arad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded. Arad has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Mioveni form and stats

Mioveni have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-2-8 (11 played).

Mioveni had fun at their own home (Stadionul Motorul) last time out, beating Petrolul 52 1-0. Rusu scored. That win was so important for this club, after a painful period of twelve league games in a row not winning.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Universitatea Craiova.

Mioveni are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mioveni as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. The Mioveni manager Dică has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

UTA Arad have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when facing Mioveni.

Mioveni - Arad 1-1 was the product when these two participants previously played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradP. Otele
P. Otele
5 goals
UTA AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
5 goals
MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
3 goals

UTA Arad missing players

Mioveni missing players

UTA Arad Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 8 14
19 13 3 Scored S 2 9 14
30 15 3 Conceded C 3 23 35
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
82% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 55%
41% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 36%
5% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 23%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 9%
64% 82% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 41%
14% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
32% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 50%
 
4.7 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 3.5
4.3 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.6
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2 1.8
6 5 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.6 11.2 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.8 8.5
3.8 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3
23% 25% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 21%
 
10.8 11.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.8 9.9
4.4 4.1 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.9 4.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni have the fewest points (5) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (14) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (35) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
  • 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 SSC Farul 21 13 6 2 42 19 10 8 2 0 24 4 11 5 4 2 18 15 23 45
2 CFR Cluj 21 14 2 5 34 19 11 8 0 3 20 9 10 6 2 2 14 10 15 44
3 FCSB 22 12 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 11 6 1 4 15 12 12 41
4 Rapid Bucuresti 22 12 5 5 30 19 11 8 3 0 20 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 41
5 Universitatea Craiova 22 11 5 6 27 22 11 7 2 2 17 11 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 38
6 Sepsi 22 9 5 8 35 20 11 4 2 5 17 8 11 5 3 3 18 12 15 32
7 Petrolul 52 22 9 3 10 21 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 11 4 0 7 9 15 -4 30
8 Voluntari 22 6 8 8 20 22 11 4 3 4 11 8 11 2 5 4 9 14 -2 26
9 Hermannstadt 22 9 6 7 26 21 11 5 1 5 16 12 11 4 5 2 10 9 5 24
10 U Craiova 1948 22 6 6 10 22 25 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 2 4 5 12 14 -3 24
11 Botosani 22 5 9 8 18 34 11 3 5 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -16 24
12 Arges 21 6 5 10 17 30 11 4 3 4 11 14 10 2 2 6 6 16 -13 23
13 Universitatea Cluj 22 5 7 10 16 24 11 4 4 3 10 9 11 1 3 7 6 15 -8 22
14 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 6 10 22 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 21
15 UTA Arad 22 4 8 10 19 30 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 1 4 6 6 15 -11 20
16 Mioveni 22 2 6 14 14 35 11 1 4 6 5 12 11 1 2 8 9 23 -21 12

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.