Voluntari and UTA Arad club members eagerly anticipate Liga 1 meet at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 17.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari have delivered well this season, being 3rd spot in the table. UTA Arad have an outlook both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Voluntari have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have the most clean sheets (7) away in Liga 1

18 - 15 - 9 with 53-38. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for UTA Arad when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. UTA Arad play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Voluntari and UTA Arad.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

Voluntari travelled for their previous game, a trip to Academica Clinceni that ended 0-0.

Before that, Voluntari drew at home versus Universitatea Craiova.

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 eight games. Voluntari has won five of these, drawn one and lost two.

Voluntari has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 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 7 from 10 matches.

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UTA Arad form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, UTA Arad have produced an overall stat of 3-5-2 so far.

Arad aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 198 league minutes without a goal. Roger was the last player to find the net. Arad have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Florin Iacob. It's been 189 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

UTA Arad are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Universitatea Craiova (placed 4th).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Botosani.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with UTA Arad playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were seven UTA Arad wins, seven draws and one defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arad as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Arad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

UTA Arad - Voluntari 2-0 was the end result in these teams' last head to head match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Voluntari wins - draws - UTA Arad wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariV. Raţă
V. Raţă
6 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
5 goals
UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
5 goals

Voluntari missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Voluntari UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
10 6 1 Won W 0 3 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 9
6 2 2 Lost L 1 2 5
23 13 1 Scored S 1 9 16
19 7 3 Conceded C 2 6 13
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 70%
65% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 40%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 25%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 25%
35% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 70% 60%
35% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 45%
 
3.5 3.3 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.7
4.8 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.8 9.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 8.9 10.7
3.9 4.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.8
30% 30% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 26% 21%
 
13.8 12.8 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.3 9.2
4.2 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • UTA Arad have the most clean sheets (7) away in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 CFR Cluj 19 17 0 2 29 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 21 51
2 FCSB 19 13 4 2 35 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 10 5 3 2 9 8 19 43
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
5 Rapid Bucuresti 19 8 7 4 24 17 10 4 3 3 9 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 7 31
6 Botosani 19 7 9 3 18 17 9 2 5 2 7 9 10 5 4 1 11 8 1 30
7 SSC Farul 19 8 5 6 21 11 9 7 1 1 16 2 10 1 4 5 5 9 10 29
8 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
9 Arges 19 8 3 8 18 16 9 3 1 5 7 9 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 27
10 Sepsi 19 5 9 5 20 17 10 3 4 3 12 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 3 24
11 Chindia Targoviste 19 4 7 8 12 14 9 2 3 4 8 9 10 2 4 4 4 5 -2 19
12 Gaz Metan Medias 19 5 4 10 15 22 10 2 4 4 8 10 9 3 0 6 7 12 -7 19
13 Mioveni 19 4 5 10 11 26 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 17
14 U Craiova 1948 19 3 6 10 12 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 1 3 5 6 10 -9 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 19 3 3 13 14 39 10 3 3 4 11 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -25 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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.