Liga 2 preview: Can Argeş edge out victory against UTA Arad?

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15170 seats)

It's advantage Argeş so far with their 6th position in the Liga 2 table, welcoming UTA Arad who are placed 8th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

UTA Arad play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for UTA Arad when playing on grass are 12 wins, 10 draws and 17 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 51 goals and conceded 55 times in these games.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have performed well here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin so far this season with 12 wins from 17 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

The fans are hoping that Argeş will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 2 game against ACS Poli Timişoara. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ripensia Timişoara.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Argeş have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Argeş fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 17 matches. Defensively Argeş have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (8 in 17 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UTA Arad form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of UTA Arad playing as the away team this season.

UTA Arad won their last game, 2-1 versus Aerostar Bacău played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Universitatea Cluj before that.

UTA Arad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of one match.

UTA Arad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as UTA Arad have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the UTA Arad - Argeş 1-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Argeş won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and UTA Arad has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

V. Buhăescu
16 goals
C. Rus
16 goals
C. Barbu
6 goals

Argeş missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Argeş UTA Arad
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played 5 17 35
18 12 3 Won 0 5 13
8 3 2 Drew 1 4 8
9 2 1 Lost 4 8 14
48 32 8 Scored 5 20 52
28 8 3 Conceded 13 26 55
89% 88% 83% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
63% 71% 67% Over 1.5 100% 76% 86%
40% 47% 33% Over 2.5 80% 59% 66%
17% 18% 0% Over 3.5 40% 29% 31%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 20% 6% 11%
40% 35% 33% BTTS 60% 47% 57%
37% 53% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 11%
34% 24% 33% Failed To Score 40% 41% 34%
 
4.5 4.6 3.3 Corners For (avg) 3 4.6 4.9
3.3 3.5 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.4 4.5 3.8
2.4 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2.6 2.8
2 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argeş have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Argeş
All Liga 2: Serie 1 Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-04-19 L2 Petrolul 52 1 - 2 Argeş
15-04-19 L2 Argeş 2 - 0 Mioveni
20-04-19 L2 Juventus Bucureşti 1 - 0 Argeş
28-04-19 L2 Argeş 0 - 1 SSC Farul
04-05-19 L2 Dacia Unirea Brăila 0 - 2 Argeş
10-05-19 L2 Argeş 2 - 1 Ripensia Timişoara
15-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 1 - 0 Argeş
18-05-19 L2 Argeş 08:00 UTA Arad
25-05-19 L2 Academica Clinceni 08:00 Argeş
01-06-19 L2 Argeş 08:00 Sportul Snagov
UTA Arad
All Liga 2: Serie 1 Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
10-04-19 L2 UTA Arad 3 - 3 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
14-04-19 L2 Metaloglobus 3 - 0 UTA Arad
20-04-19 L2 UTA Arad 2 - 2 Chindia Târgovişte
26-04-19 L2 Şirineaşa 2 - 2 UTA Arad
04-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 0 - 2 ASU Poli Timişoara
12-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 3 - 0 UTA Arad
15-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 2 - 1 Aerostar Bacău
18-05-19 L2 Argeş 08:00 UTA Arad
25-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 08:00 Petrolul 52
01-06-19 L2 Mioveni 08:00 UTA Arad

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chindia Târgovişte 35 24 7 4 71 31 17 13 3 1 44 18 18 11 4 3 27 13 40 79
2 Academica Clinceni 35 25 3 7 69 21 18 14 2 2 42 8 17 11 1 5 27 13 48 78
3 Universitatea Cluj 35 22 7 6 80 26 17 12 3 2 39 13 18 10 4 4 41 13 54 73
4 Petrolul 52 35 22 5 8 70 33 17 11 4 2 42 14 18 11 1 6 28 19 37 71
5 Sportul Snagov 35 20 7 8 53 33 18 11 3 4 26 14 17 9 4 4 27 19 20 67
6 Argeş 35 18 8 9 48 28 17 12 3 2 32 8 18 6 5 7 16 20 20 62
7 Mioveni 35 15 7 13 52 39 17 9 3 5 29 21 18 6 4 8 23 18 13 52
8 UTA Arad 35 13 8 14 52 55 18 8 4 6 32 29 17 5 4 8 20 26 -3 47
9 Luceafărul Oradea 35 12 10 13 45 55 17 9 5 3 30 16 18 3 5 10 15 39 -10 46
10 Metaloglobus 35 13 7 15 39 52 18 9 4 5 24 12 17 4 3 10 15 40 -13 46
11 Ripensia Timişoara 35 12 9 14 41 48 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 5 7 23 28 -7 45
12 SSC Farul 35 13 4 18 43 54 18 9 3 6 27 22 17 4 1 12 16 32 -11 43
13 ASU Poli Timişoara 35 11 9 15 33 34 17 5 5 7 19 17 18 6 4 8 14 17 -1 42
14 Juventus Bucureşti 35 9 13 13 45 51 17 6 6 5 25 23 18 3 7 8 20 28 -6 40
15 Şirineaşa 35 9 12 14 45 48 17 8 4 5 31 21 18 1 8 9 14 27 -3 39
16 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 35 10 8 17 54 62 18 8 3 7 32 26 17 2 5 10 22 36 -8 38
17 Aerostar Bacău 35 10 5 20 53 62 17 8 2 7 33 20 18 2 3 13 20 42 -9 35
18 ACS Poli Timişoara 35 7 8 20 29 59 18 5 5 8 19 25 17 2 3 12 10 34 -30 29
19 Baloteşti 35 6 6 23 26 75 18 4 5 9 17 30 17 2 1 14 9 45 -49 24
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 35 4 7 24 28 110 18 4 4 10 17 41 17 0 3 14 11 69 -82 19
21 Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

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