Universitatea Craiova will take to the pitch with away team UTA Arad at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco in the Liga I fixture on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Universitatea Craiova v UTA Arad can all be found here including the latest game odds.
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Universitatea Craiova
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Universitatea Craiova, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-4 UCL Qualifiers triumph versus ML Vitebsk.
For Universitatea Craiova, the scorers were Ștefan Baiaram (4'), Assad Al Hamlawi (24', 43') and Steven Nsimba (90'). Valery Gromyko (20') scored for ML Vitebsk.
Their latest results really do illustrate the point that there has been much resilience in the Universitatea Craiova backline. Universitatea Craiova have been mean at the back, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last 6 matches standing at 2. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen whether that pattern might be replicated in this game or not.
UTA Arad
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UTA Arad will go into the clash after a 0-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win over Unirea Slobozia in their most recent match.
In that game, UTA Arad had 56% possession and 35 attempts at goal with 13 on target. The only player to score for UTA Arad was Richard Odada (71'). On the other side, Unirea Slobozia got 16 shots on goal with 3 on target.
For 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving UTA Arad, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes to a meagre 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by UTA Arad being 1.
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Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 18/08/2023 tells us that Universitatea Craiova have won 3 of these games and UTA Arad 1, with the tally of draws being 2.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 25 in total which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.
The last league encounter between the two was Liga I match day 16 on 09/11/2025 and the score finished Universitatea Craiova 1-2 UTA Arad.
On that day, Universitatea Craiova had 72% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Oleksandr Romanchuk (36').
At the other end, UTA Arad got 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Valentin Costache (76') scored.
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Team News: Universitatea Craiova
Alexandru Iamandache (Knee injury) and Pavlo Isenko (Meniscus injury) are not available for Universitatea Craiova boss Filipe Coelho.
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Team News: UTA Arad
In an otherwise healthy squad, there is just a single fitness problem for the UTA Arad boss to be concerned about. Andrea Padula (muscular problems) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Universitatea Craiova can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
Conversely, UTA Arad will be up against it to score themselves although we do reckon that they could well end up scoring here as well.
Our tip is for a comfortable 3-1 win for Universitatea Craiova when the full-time whistle blows.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the latest betting odds for this match on the 90 min. result market, backing Universitatea Craiova is best priced at 1.42, a wager on the draw is 4.33 & staking on victory for UTA Arad gets you 6.5. They are the best of the bets being offered as of now.
Renata Leite,
03:04 14/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Universitatea Craiova
Formed: 1948
Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (30,983)
Captain: Nicușor Bancu
Chairman: Mihai Rotaru
Manager: Filipe Coelho