ARAD. Universitatea Cluj defeats UTA Arad 1-0 after D. Popa scored just 1 goal (71′).

Universitatea Cluj remained in players after George Cimpanu received a red card in the 80′. Notwithstanding, Universitatea Cluj still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Stadionul Motorul stadium in Arad on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu who was helped by Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Ferencz Tunyogi. The 4th official was Szabolcs Kovacs. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.79 degrees Celsius or 65.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. UTA Arad was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Universitatea Cluj that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad was more pushing with 75 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Universitatea Cluj managed to find the solution to win this match.​

UTA Arad shot 13 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Universitatea Cluj shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (Rares Pop, Godberg Cooper and Denis Dumitrascu). Talking about the opposition, Universitatea Cluj received 3 yellow cards (Andrei Gorcea, Lucas Masoero and Kevin Doukoure).

Also, Universitatea Cluj didn’t finish the match with 11 players after George Cimpanu (Universitatea Cluj) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (80′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, UTA Arad will stay with 7 points like Otelul to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Universitatea Cluj will have 10 points like Voluntari to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

UTA Arad – Formation

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

The manager Mircea Rednic decided to play with the following team: Florin Iacob (7.8), Diogo Rodrigues (7.0), Marko Stolnik (7.3), Catalin Carp (7.5), Aly Abeid (6.4), Andrej Fabry (6.8), Marcelo Freitas (6.8), Herald Marku (6.7), Rares Pop (6.6), Godberg Cooper (6.7) and Claudiu Micovschi  (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Alexandru Benga, Denis Dumitrascu (6.8), Albert Stahl (7.0), Danylo Kucher, Raul Ionuț Stanciu, Aleksandar Vučenović (6.8), Cristian Mihai (7.3), Frederik Holst and Darius Iurasciuc.

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Andrej Fabry for Aleksandar Vučenović (77′), Aly Abeid for Denis Dumitrascu (46′), Marcelo Freitas for Albert Stahl (85′) and Rares Pop for Cristian Mihai (85′).

Best player: Florin Iacob​

The player that probably impressed the most for UTA Arad was the goalkeeper: Florin Iacob. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.

Universitatea Cluj – Formation

Universitatea Cluj started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Anton Petrea played with: Dan Nistor, Alexandru Chipciu, Doru Popadiuc, Andrei Gorcea (7.5), Andrei Peteleu (7.5), Lucas Masoero (7.3), Bogdan Mitrea (8.1), Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu (8.1), George Cimpanu (7.0), Kevin Doukoure (7.5) and Gabriel Simion (7.8), Ianis Stoica (6.8), Daniel Popa (8.1), Ovidiu Bic (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Andrei Miron, Dorinel Oancea (6.4), Filip Ilie, Dragos Sebastian Tescan (6.4), Ioan Filip, Andrei Pițian, Ovidiu Perianu, Plamen Iliev and Robert Silaghi.

Substitutions

Universitatea Cluj made 4 changes: Andrei Peteleu for Dorinel Oancea (90′), Daniel Popa for Dragos Sebastian Tescan (86′), Gabriel Simion for Andrei Pițian (90′) and Ianis Stoica for Robert Silaghi (90′).

Best player: Bogdan Mitrea​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Universitatea Cluj was Bogdan Mitrea even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 57 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Dinamo Bucureşti – U Craiova 1948 – 0-1
• UTA Arad – Universitatea Cluj – 0-1