With their 6 point advantage in the league table, UTA Arad fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Viitorul.
- UTA Arad have the fewest points (11) at home in Liga 1
Viitorul could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad's results here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
The Arad goalkeeper Florin Iacob is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
UTA Arad shared the glory with Astra in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sepsi in a game that was won 2-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for UTA Arad as they are travelling to their away game against Dinamo Bucureşti in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
Arad aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann in the league, with only 9 goals from 15 games. Arad have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Viitorul form and stats
There's been little loot from Viitorul's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Viitorul only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws. It's a growing despair in Viitorul as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Viitorul's previous game was their home loss versus Gaz Metan Medias (0-2). A 1-2 loss hosting CSM Iasi before that.
A new game in only four days for Viitorul, the Liga 1 home match versus Gaz Metan Medias. Busy days.
The visiting Viitorul have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 15 games. Viitorul are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arad - Viitorul 0-0. Last two meetings between the teams: Arad won zero, Viitorul won zero and two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ciobanu 6 goals |   A. Hora 4 goals |  E. da Silva 4 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Viitorul missing players
| UTA Arad | Viitorul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 33 |
| 36 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 37 |
| 83% | 73% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 60% | 47% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 72% |
| 37% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 21% | 41% |
| 13% | 20% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 10% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 40% | 33% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 59% |
| 37% | 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 40% | 53% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 34% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 27% |
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- UTA Arad have the fewest points (11) at home in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Liga 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botosani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |