📏 Form Guide

UTA Arad

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UTA Arad will play in this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Liga 1 Play Offs drawn match versus Universitatea Cluj.

In that game, UTA Arad managed 37% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Universitatea Cluj got 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Over their preceding 6 fixtures, Mircea Rednic's UTA Arad have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 9 times - an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.

Botoșani

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Botoșani will come into the meeting following on from a 2-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win to defeat CSM Politehnica Iași in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Botoșani managed 40% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Botoșani was Victor Dican (68'). Politehnica Iași got 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Alin Roman (26') was the scorer for CSM Politehnica Iași.

The stats don’t lie, and Botoșani have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Botoșani can certainly do much better.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 18/03/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with UTA Arad winning 2 of those games, Botoșani 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 of them for UTA Arad and 9 for Botoșănenii. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Liga I match day 25 on 12/02/2024 and the score finished UTA Arad 2-2 Botoșani.

That time, UTA Arad managed 62% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Botoșani had 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

🗞️ Team News: UTA Arad

The UTA Arad manager Mircea Rednic does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this clash with a completely healthy squad to choose from.

It’s our opinion that UTA Arad may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Danylo Kucher, Tiberiu Capusa, Marko Stolnik, Alexandru Benga, Diogo Rodrigues, Cristian Mihai, Joao Pedro, Rares Pop, Andrej Fabry, Eric Johana Omondi and Alexandru Tudorie.

📋 Team News: Botoșani

Thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Botoșani boss Andrei Patache doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash.

We are inclined to think that Botoșănenii seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Razvan Ducan, Romario Benzar, Rijad Sadiku, George Miron, Alexandru Tiganasu, Gabriel Eugen David, Ioan Filip, Victor Dican, Eduard Florescu, Enzo Lopez and Reagy Ofosu.

✨ Prediction

For this match, we think that Botoșani have the firepower to get a goal against this UTA Arad side, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 advantage for UTA Arad at the end of this one. Let’s see what eventuates.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:00 05/04/2024