TâRGOVIşTE. Chindia Târgovişte topped UTA Arad to win 2-1. It was Chindia Târgovişte to strike first with an early goal of Godberg Cooper at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Cristian Negut gave the win to Chindia Târgovişte in the 81′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadionul Eugen Popescu stadium in Târgovişte on Friday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Horia Gabriel Mladinovici with the support of Bogdan Mihai Gheorghe and Stelian Slabu. The 4th official was Szabolcs Kovacs. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.1 degrees Celsius or 33.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 12 Total 5
- 6 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 148 Attack 186
- 87 Dangerous attack 96
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 15 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Chindia Târgovişte was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. UTA Arad that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
UTA Arad was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Chindia Târgovişte found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Chindia Târgovişte shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, UTA Arad shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Chindia Târgovişte received 1 yellow card (Cristian Negut). On the opposite side, UTA Arad received 1 yellow card (Bautista Cascini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Chindia Târgovişte will have 28 points to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, UTA Arad will stay with 20 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the UTA Arad will host Botoşani on the 11th of February with a 2-2 head to head record.
Chindia Târgovişte – Formation

Chindia Târgovişte started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Anton Petrea decided to play with the following team: Cătălin Vasile Căbuz, Deian Boldor, Tiberiu Ionuţ Căpușă, Jérémy Corinus, Adrian Mihai Ioniţă, Modestas Vorobjovas, Doru Popadiuc, Marco Dulca, Daniel Iliuţă Popa, Cristian Daniel Neguţ and Godberg Barry Cooper.
The home team had on the bench: Dinu Bogdan Moldovan, Denis Constantin Dumitrașcu, Rassambeck Akhmatov, Nasser Chamed, Andrei Dragoş Şerban, Cornel Dinu, Sergiu Florin Buș, Ovidiu Perianu and Esteban Obiang Obono.
Substitutions
Chindia Târgovişte made 5 changes: Doru Popadiuc for Denis Constantin Dumitrascu (46′), Jérémy Corinus for Esteban Obiang (46′), Modestas Vorobjovas for Rassambeck Akhmatov (60′), Daniel Popa for Sergiu Buş (84′) and Godberg Cooper for Cornel Dinu (87′).
UTA Arad – Formation

UTA Arad started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
László György Balint played with: Florin Iacob, Alexandru Constantin Benga, Erico Constantino da Silva, Romario Sandu Benzar, Erion Hoxhallari, Paul Viorel Anton, Idriz Batha, Desley Ubbink, Rareș Mihai Pop, Stefan Milošević and Virgiliu Postolachi.
They had on the bench: Salvatore Gioacchino Marrone, Juan Bautista Cascini, Dragoș Balauru, Willie Hortencio Barbosa, Claudiu Andrei Keșerü, Marko Vukčević, Mihai Dobrescu, Andrei Chindriş and Albert Tivadar Stahl.
Substitutions
UTA Arad made 5 changes: Paul Anton for Bautista Cascini (70′), Stefan Milosevic for Claudiu Keșerü (70′), Rares Pop for Salvatore Marrone (82′), Virgiliu Postolachi for Willie (82′) and Romario Benzar for Marko Vukčević (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.