UTA Arad hope to get a lot of fans in for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 15th spot in the Liga 1 table. Guests Voluntari hold 9th place with 20 pts.
- UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad have collected 11 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 3-2-3. It's trouble wherever UTA Arad are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Arad are returning here after guesting SCM Gloria Buzau in a Romania Cup match and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Petrolul 52 in the Liga 1.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.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 latest league games reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
UTA Arad has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. UTA Arad have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Voluntari form and stats
Playing away, Voluntari have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.
Two away matches in a row for Voluntari, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus U Craiova 1948 in the Romania Cup.
Prior to that result Voluntari won their away game at Botosani in the Liga 1. The scoreline was 1-0.Voluntari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
The attacking power of Voluntari when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Voluntari have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Voluntari - Arad 3-0. Statistics for the previous six meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for UTA Arad, two draws and two wins for Voluntari. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Postolachi 4 goals | P. Otele 3 goals |   A. Nemec 3 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Voluntari missing players
| UTA Arad | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 82% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 35% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 11.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 23% | 26% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 11.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13 | 12.9 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UTA Arad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- UTA Arad is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Arges | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botosani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
