Csikszereda vs UTA Arad: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Mon 24.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (1200 seats)

Struggling Csikszereda will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying UTA Arad in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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Csikszereda form and stats

Overall Liga 2 stats at home this season for Csikszereda are 4-6-0 (wins-draw-losses). The Csikszereda fans aren't used to losing here at Stadionul Municipal and will expect new points from this game. Csikszereda has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The fans are hoping that Csikszereda will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Liga 2 game against Metaloglobus (placed 6th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Metaloglobus.

The Csikszereda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Csikszereda have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UTA Arad form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of UTA Arad, who have the most scored goals (43) in Liga 2, playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season. UTA Arad seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing from V. Buhăcianu and C. Rus secured the home win 3-0 against Petrolul 52 in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Petrolul 52.

UTA Arad are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, UTA Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

UTA Arad - Csikszereda 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradC. Rus
C. Rus
12 goals
UTA AradV. Buhăcianu
V. Buhăcianu
10 goals
UTA AradO. Ursu
O. Ursu
5 goals

Csikszereda missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Csikszereda UTA Arad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
6 4 3 Won W 2 3 13
7 6 1 Drew D 1 4 5
8 0 0 Lost L 0 3 3
16 13 5 Scored S 9 15 43
23 7 0 Conceded C 5 12 13
95% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
52% 60% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
29% 30% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 48%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 20% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 20% 14%
29% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 33%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 57%
43% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 14%
 
4.2 3.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 5.2
4.9 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 4
2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
210 104 36 Total Shots T S 22 74 238
75 40 20 Shots on Target S O 10 26 99
21% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 54% 41%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Csikszereda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Csikszereda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad has the most clean sheets (12)
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals (43)
  • UTA Arad has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
  • UTA Arad has the the best goal difference (+30)
  • UTA Arad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • UTA Arad have scored more than double the goals of Csikszereda.
  • UTA Arad have won significantly less corners away then 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 UTA Arad 21 13 5 3 43 13 11 10 1 0 28 1 10 3 4 3 15 12 30 44
2 Mioveni 20 10 7 3 35 19 10 5 3 2 21 13 10 5 4 1 14 6 16 37
3 Arges 21 10 6 5 30 23 11 6 3 2 19 13 10 4 3 3 11 10 7 36
4 Rapid Bucuresti 20 10 5 5 32 19 10 6 3 1 16 6 10 4 2 4 16 13 13 35
5 Sporting Turnu 20 10 5 5 36 24 10 6 4 0 19 8 10 4 1 5 17 16 12 35
6 Metaloglobus 21 9 7 5 26 18 11 6 3 2 13 4 10 3 4 3 13 14 8 34
7 Petrolul 52 21 9 7 5 22 19 10 5 3 2 12 6 11 4 4 3 10 13 3 34
8 ASU Poli Timisoara 21 8 7 6 19 11 11 4 5 2 9 4 10 4 2 4 10 7 8 31
9 SCM Gloria Buzau 21 9 4 8 32 25 11 6 2 3 21 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 7 31
10 Dunarea Calarasi 21 8 6 7 29 28 11 5 3 3 17 14 10 3 3 4 12 14 1 30
11 Sirineasa 21 8 6 7 28 27 11 5 3 3 13 13 10 3 3 4 15 14 1 30
12 SSC Farul 20 8 5 7 24 18 9 8 1 0 18 3 11 0 4 7 6 15 6 29
13 Ripensia Timisoara 21 6 9 6 31 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 2 7 2 14 16 -1 27
14 Universitatea Cluj 20 5 10 5 25 21 9 3 5 1 14 8 11 2 5 4 11 13 4 25
15 Csikszereda 21 6 7 8 16 23 10 4 6 0 13 7 11 2 1 8 3 16 -7 25
16 Concordia Chiajna 20 6 6 8 17 24 11 6 3 2 13 11 9 0 3 6 4 13 -7 24
17 Scolar Resita 21 4 6 11 25 35 11 4 2 5 16 20 10 0 4 6 9 15 -10 18
18 Sportul Snagov 20 2 3 15 18 52 10 2 2 6 14 25 10 0 1 9 4 27 -34 9
19 Pandurii Targu Jiu 20 1 5 14 9 41 9 0 4 5 2 11 11 1 1 9 7 30 -32 8
20 Juventus Bucuresti 13 2 0 11 8 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 3 21 -25 6

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.