Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Foresta Suceava & UTA Arad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that UTA Arad play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for UTA Arad on grass are 15 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats from 41 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 38-40. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Foresta nor UTA Arad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Foresta Suceava form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Romania Cup for Foresta Suceava, as the manager Goian led his troops to eliminate Somuz Falticeni, UTA Arad and Dante Botosani, and reach the Play-offs. Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The Foresta fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Romania Cup duel also played here at Stadionul Areni: A 0-1 defeat against UTA Arad.
0-0 away at Somuz Falticeni before that.UTA Arad form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Foresta Suceava in order to reach play-offs of Romania Cup. Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.UTA Arad have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Two travels in a row for UTA Arad, whose boss Poenaru could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Foresta Suceava.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Hermannstadt.Goals are few and far between in Arad's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. UTA Arad have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest games involving these opponents have all finished as UTA Arad victories. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  V. Postolachi 4 goals | P. Otele 2 goals | J. Cascini 2 goals |
Foresta Suceava missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Foresta Suceava | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 29 | Scored | S | 6 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | ||
| 7 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Arges | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Botosani | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | FCSB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Chindia Targoviste | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
