Voluntari vs UTA Arad pre-match information

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari have succeeded in 5 home triumphs so far this season, UTA Arad have won 1 away. Which team enhances their results in this meeting?

Insights:
  • UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Liga 1

9-14-15 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for UTA Arad when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 31-38 (scored/conceded).

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Romania Cup.

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Voluntari form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Voluntari have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

It's back home for Voluntari, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arges away with the result 2-0. Nemec and Sigurjónsson found the net in that victory. Finally, a league win after three matches without.

Before that, Voluntari drew at home versus Hermannstadt.

This is expected to be a close game, with Voluntari perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Voluntari as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Voluntari has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Voluntari aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, with only {13 goals} from 15 games. Voluntari are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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UTA Arad form and stats

There's been little loot from UTA Arad's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. UTA Arad only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

The regulars enjoyed UTA Arad's previous game versus U Craiova 1948, a Romania Cup win (1-0) played at home.

Before that, Arad secured a home win against Universitatea Cluj with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for UTA Arad, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arad as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. UTA Arad have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended UTA Arad - Voluntari 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Voluntari two wins, three draws and UTA Arad two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
9 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
8 goals
UTA AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
7 goals

Voluntari missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Voluntari UTA Arad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 7
11 5 2 Drew D 3 5 9
12 6 2 Lost L 2 10 16
31 14 7 Scored S 2 9 31
33 12 6 Conceded C 4 22 42
88% 81% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 91%
62% 44% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 78%
38% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 47%
9% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
44% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 62%
38% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 16%
31% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 31%
 
3.8 4.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.8
4.6 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.1 3.9
2.2 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
8.5 8.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.2 9.3
2.6 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.7
37% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 20% 26%
 
12.4 10.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 9.9 10.3
4.2 3.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have the fewest points (8) away 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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.