Match preview Liga 1: Voluntari - UTA Arad at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 12th position in the Liga 1 table. Visiting UTA Arad holds 10th place with 37 pts.

Insights:
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

16 - 13 - 14 with 56-52. 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.

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Voluntari form and stats

Overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Voluntari are 4-4-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Prior to that, an away loss at Chindia Targoviste.

Voluntari has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Voluntari have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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UTA Arad form and stats

Playing away, UTA Arad have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

180 minutes! That's how long the UTA Arad goalkeeper Florin Iacob and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

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

UTA Arad find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari and UTA Arad have met before this season: Voluntari - UTA Arad 0-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Voluntari victories, one draw and one UTA Arad win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
6 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
5 goals
UTA AradA. Hora
A. Hora
4 goals

Voluntari missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Voluntari UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
8 4 0 Won W 3 7 9
8 4 1 Drew D 2 5 10
14 7 3 Lost L 0 3 11
32 17 2 Scored S 7 17 26
40 20 7 Conceded C 4 16 36
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 83%
70% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 60%
43% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 37%
20% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
50% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 47% 40%
23% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 37%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
8.3 8.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 7.5 8.4
3.2 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.1
34% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 28%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 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 Argeş 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 Mediaş 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 Bucuresti 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 Iaşi 30 7 4 19 29 64 15 4 2 9 14 27 15 3 2 10 15 37 -35 25

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.