Evenly matched teams: Voluntari vs UTA Arad match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari receive UTA Arad for another engaging Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu.

Voluntari's stadium, Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu, has a grass surface. UTA Arad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for UTA Arad when playing on grass; 13 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 37 goals in these games and conceded 37.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari's first Liga 1 home game here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 5 matches.

The Voluntari crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Botosani here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. The first defeat after collecting points through four league games.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Petrolul 52 and winning 1-0.

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 6 games. Voluntari has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

At Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu, Voluntari has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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UTA Arad form and stats

UTA Arad have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga 1 were 0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 4 fixtures.

UTA Arad had fun at their own home (Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu) last time out, beating Petrolul 52 2-0. Miculescu (2) scored.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Arges wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were 7 UTA Arad wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, UTA Arad has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari-UTA Arad H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Voluntari one win, UTA Arad two wins, two draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
2 goals
VoluntariD. Florea
D. Florea
1 goals

Voluntari missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Voluntari UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
3.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.5
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.5
3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 6
3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
7.5 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 11
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 5
Voluntari Last season UTA Arad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   19 39
16 11   Won W   3 13
10 4   Drew D   9 14
14 5   Lost L   7 12
40 27   Scored S   13 34
41 16   Conceded C   15 26
85% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   74% 79%
55% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   42% 44%
40% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 23%
20% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 8%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
38% 45%   BTTS BTTS   37% 26%
32% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 51%
45% 35%   Failed to Score F T   47% 44%
 
3.6 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 5
5.2 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.7
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.8 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 11.6
3.3 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.3
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 20%
 
13.6 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 9.1
4.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 2.9

  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 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Botosani 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sepsi 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 4
4 Hermannstadt 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
5 U Craiova 1948 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
6 Rapid Bucuresti 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 UTA Arad 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
8 Voluntari 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 CFR Cluj 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
10 Arges 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 Universitatea Craiova 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Universitatea Cluj 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Chindia Târgovişte 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 FCSB 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 Petrolul 52 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Mioveni 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 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 CFR Cluj 10 6 1 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 10 6 9 57
2 FCSB 10 8 1 1 24 7 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 4 1 0 11 4 17 56
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 7 0 3 22 9 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 3 0 2 11 5 13 48
4 Voluntari 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 1 3 3 9 -5 35
5 SSC Farul 10 2 2 6 5 16 5 1 2 2 2 8 5 1 0 4 3 8 -11 32
6 Arges 10 1 0 9 3 26 5 0 0 5 2 16 5 1 0 4 1 10 -23 27

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.