PLOIEşTI. Chindia Târgovişte defeated UTA Arad to win 2-1. D. Popa was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Chindia Târgovişte to strike first with a goal of Daniel Popa at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Daniel Popa gave the win to Chindia Târgovişte in the 62′ minute with a goal scoring a double. UTA Arad lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium in Ploieşti on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ionuţ Coza who was helped by Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Stelian Slabu. The 4th official was Ovidiu Robu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

UTA Arad had a strong ball possession 57% while Chindia Târgovişte was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Chindia Târgovişte succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Chindia Târgovişte shot 7 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Chindia Târgovişte received 3 yellow cards (Cristian Negut, Rassambek Akhmatov and Catalin Cabuz). Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad received 1 yellow card (Marko Vukcevic).

Standings

After this contest, Chindia Târgovişte will have 22 points to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad will stay with 17 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Chindia Târgovişte will play away with U Craiova 1948 on the 28th of April with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

UTA Arad will host Hermannstadt on the 2nd of May with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Hermannstadt (3 draws).

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, Denis Constantin Dumitrașcu, Tiberiu Ionuţ Căpușă, Daniel Marinel Celea, Doru Popadiuc, Rassambeck Akhmatov, Marco Dulca, Cosmin Gabriel Atanase, Daniel Iliuţă Popa and Cristian Daniel Neguţ.

The home team had on the bench: Adrian Mihai Ioniţă, Godberg Barry Cooper, Dinu Bogdan Moldovan, Modestas Vorobjovas, Ovidiu Perianu, Sergiu Florin Buș, Andrei Dragoş Şerban, Esteban Obiang Obono, Cornel Dinu, Jérémy Corinus and Andreas Mircea Mihaiu.

Substitutions

Chindia Târgovişte made 5 changes: Cosmin Atanase for Andrei Serban (60′), Doru Popadiuc for Sergiu Buş (66′), Daniel Popa for Godberg Cooper (81′), Rassambek Akhmatov for Modestas Vorobjovas (81′) and Deian Boldor for Jérémy Corinus (81′).

UTA Arad – Formation

UTA Arad started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

László György Balint played with: Danylo Kucher, Alexandru Constantin Benga, Marko Vukčević, Yacoub Aly Abeid, Andrei Chindriş, Idriz Batha, Desley Ubbink, Juan Bautista Cascini, Roger Junio Rodrigues Figueira, Rareș Mihai Pop and Virgiliu Postolachi.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Paul Viorel Anton, Romario Sandu Benzar, Albert Tivadar Stahl, Stefan Milošević, Philip Otele, Erion Hoxhallari, Raul Șteau, Florin Iacob and Willie Hortencio Barbosa.

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 5 changes: Marko Vukcevic for Romario Benzar (46′), Aly Abeid for Philip Otele (65′), Bautista Cascini for Stefan Milosevic (71′), Rares Pop for Raul Șteau (80′) and Desley Ubbink for Albert Stahl (80′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• Rapid Bucuresti – FCSB – 1-0
• Chindia Târgovişte – UTA Arad – 2-1