A home team triumph, the away team with a heroic away win or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams UTA Arad and Rapid Bucuresti clash at Stadionul Motorul.
- UTA Arad have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Rapid Bucuresti have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad have collected 23 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 6-5-4. After failing to beat Dinamo Bucuresti here at Stadionul Motorul, UTA Arad has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
UTA Arad's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Gaz Metan Medias. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Arad lost 0-1 at Botosani's place.UTA Arad have scored 12 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. UTA Arad have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Rapid Bucuresti have produced an overall stat of 4-6-5 so far. The fact that Bucuresti have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rapid Bucuresti goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan is eager to challenge this, with his 259 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Bucuresti go into this game after a win, the home game against Botosani that ended 3-0.
Prior to that result Rapid Bucuresti won their away game at Academica Clinceni. The scoreline was 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rapid Bucuresti have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away. Bucuresti have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other earlier on this season: Rapid Bucuresti - UTA Arad 1-1. Morais (Rapid Bucuresti) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - two - three (UTA Arad wins - draws - Rapid Bucuresti wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Miculescu 8 goals |  A. Bălan 7 goals | C. Albu 6 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| UTA Arad | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 31 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 32 |
| 76% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 94% | 91% |
| 45% | 47% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 70% |
| 27% | 24% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 52% |
| 55% | 59% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 39% |
| 42% | 41% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 19% | 18% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11.8 | 13.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 21% | 23% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 31% |
| 8.8 | 7.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- UTA Arad have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 76 |
| 2 | FCSB | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Arges | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Botosani | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 38 | -42 | 17 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -43 | 14 |
| 16 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 2 |
