The UTA Arad & Rapid Bucuresti managers L. Balint and M. Iosif are both fearful of and looking forward to this very important match in the upper regions of the Liga 1 league table.
- UTA Arad have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Arad's stadium, Stadionul Motorul, has a artifical turf surface. Rapid Bucuresti have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rapid Bucuresti when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses from three matches. They have scored 5 goals in these games and conceded 7.
UTA Arad form and stats
2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for UTA Arad so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Arad bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Florin Iacob not having conceded a league goal in 287 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Arad, who won 1-0 against Gaz Metan Medias (placed 15th).
Ahead of that match, Arad won a home game hosting Voluntari (2-0).Arad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Arad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti are yet to lose a point on their Liga 1 travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. Bucuresti have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Rapid Bucuresti might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Universitatea Craiova proved too strong as Bucuresti slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu. Rapid Bucuresti were so close to getting something from the game against Universitatea Craiova, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Botosani with the score of 2-0.Bucuresti are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Bucuresti are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Arad-Rapid Bucuresti H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: UTA Arad three wins, Rapid Bucuresti three wins, zero draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Miculescu 2 goals |  A. Bălan 2 goals | R. Rodrigues Figueira 1 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| UTA Arad | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 31% |
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most clean sheets (3) away in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have won all their away games so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- UTA Arad have not yet lost a game at home.
- UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | UTA Arad | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Botosani | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Mioveni | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | FCSB | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Arges | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Chindia Târgovişte | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Gaz Metan Medias | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 2 |