Plenty of good and bad for these contenders this season, holding positions near the midpoint of the Liga 1 table. Here's the UTA Arad - Sepsi latest:
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
The Liga 1 statistics playing at home this season for UTA Arad are 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for UTA Arad who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Academica Clinceni, 102 days ago.
The home team returns to Stadionul Francisc von Neumann after drawing with Rapid Bucuresti (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Gaz Metan Medias with the scoreline 0-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost four.
UTA Arad are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at CFR Cluj awaits in three days.
UTA Arad aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, UTA Arad have conceded only 8 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
2 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sepsi playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
Sepsi won their last game, 3-1 versus Universitatea Craiova played at home.
A 0-1 defeat away at Botosani before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sepsi playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Sepsi wins, four draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sepsi are hosting Gaz Metan Medias in the Liga 1 only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sepsi as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Sepsi - UTA Arad 0-0 logged in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Arad victories, one draw and two Sepsi wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Miculescu 6 goals |  A. Hora 4 goals |   B. Mitrea 4 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Sepsi missing players
| UTA Arad | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 74% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 83% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 70% |
| 26% | 9% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 30% | 18% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 52% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 43% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.3 | 11.6 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 19% | 15% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 20% | 24% |
| 9.1 | 8.1 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 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 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | FCSB | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Botosani | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Arges | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 12 | Chindia Târgovişte | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 29 | -32 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -28 | 11 |
