It's the second chance for points this season as UTA Arad and Voluntari battle it out at Stadionul Motorul.
The visiting Voluntari played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 1 match.
UTA Arad form and stats
Arad drew their last game, 1-1 away at Viitorul (placed 10th). A 1-1 draw away in the Liga 2 before that, with Argeş the opponent.
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 three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.
Last season, UTA Arad's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Liga 2. Over these 24 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 13. Playing at home last season UTA Arad managed 11-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 1 conceded.
Voluntari form and stats
Mihai Căpățînă and Igor Armas scored in Voluntari's previous match, the home game against Gaz Metan Mediaş that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Chindia Târgovişte's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Voluntari, two draws and three defeats.
Let's have a look at how Voluntari performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 12/24 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Armaş 1 goals |  M. Căpățînă 1 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
Voluntari missing players
| UTA Arad | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| UTA Arad | Last season | Voluntari | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 33 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 85% | ||
| 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 60% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | ||
| 18% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 5% | ||
| 39% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 50% | ||
| 54% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 30% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 312 | 212 | Total Shots | T S | 196 | 408 | ||
| 129 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 158 | ||
| 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botosani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSM Iasi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Argeş | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chindia Târgovişte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Argeş | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | Mioveni | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 27 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Sporting Turnu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 32 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | CSM Iasi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 23 |