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UTA Arad

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UTA Arad will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-0 Liga I loss in their previous game against Steaua Bucharest.

In that game, UTA Arad managed 41% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. FCSB had 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Alexandru Băluță (87') scored for Steaua Bucharest.

UTA Arad have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 vs opposing sides during the course of their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, UTA Arad have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 5.

Hermannstadt

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Hermannstadt will go into the encounter following on from a 6-2 Liga I win with the eclipse of CSM Politehnica Iași in their previous outing.

In that game, Hermannstadt had 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Hermannstadt, the scorers were Ronaldo Deaconu (9'), Ianis Stoica (19') and Aurelian Chițu (42'). At the other end, Politehnica Iași got 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

Illustrating their bias toward fruitful matches, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the prior six matches in which Hermannstadt have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.5 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have got 8 of those goals. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings going back to 17/09/2022 shows that UTA Arad have won 2 of these & Hermannstadt 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 from UTA Arad and 7 netted by Sibienii. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league fixture between the two was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 4 on 12/04/2024 which finished with the scoreline of UTA Arad 1-3 Hermannstadt.

In that game, UTA Arad had 51% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Claudiu Micovschi (63').

Hermannstadt got 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

ℹ️ Team News: UTA Arad

It looks as if UTA Arad may well kick off with a 4-4-2 system for this game with Robert Dimitrie Popa, Ravy Tsouka Dozi, Florent Poulolo, Ibrahima Conte, Razvan Trif, George Cimpanu, Denis Hrezdac, Benjamin van Durmen, Valentin Costache, Andrej Fabry and Jordan Attah Kadiri.

ℹ️ Team News: Hermannstadt

Hermannstadt boss Eugen Neagoe has multiple availability issues to deal with. Vahid Selimovic (Wrist fracture) and Jovan Marković (Meniscus tear) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Sibienii could decide to utilise a 4-1-4-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Catalin Cabuz, Alexandru Oroian, Valerica Gaman, Ionut Stoica, Tiago Goncalves, Antoni Ivanov, Silviu Balaure, Alessandro Murgia, Ronaldo Deaconu, Ianis Stoica and Aurelian Chitu.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Hermannstadt will need to push hard to put one past this UTA Arad outfit who we think should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for UTA Arad at the end of the 90.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:03 16/09/2024