ARAD. UTA Arad and Voluntari didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. UTA Arad was much better in terms of ball possession (62%)​.

The match was played at the Stadionul Motorul stadium in Arad on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Iulian Călin who was helped by George Florin Neacșu and Romică Bîrdeș. The 4th official was Sorin Dan Vădana. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.9 degrees Celsius or 76.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

UTA Arad was in firm control of the ball 62% while Voluntari was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad had a more offensive attitude with 93 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough UTA Arad to win the match​.

UTA Arad shot 15 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Voluntari shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 1 yellow card (Claudiu Micovschi ). On the opposite side, Voluntari received 3 yellow cards (Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson, Andrei Dumiter and Cristian Paz).

Standings

After playing this match, UTA Arad will have 9 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Voluntari will have 11 points like Universitatea Cluj to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, UTA Arad will play away with Rapid Bucuresti on the 28th of February with a 3-3 head to head record.

Voluntari will play away agasint CSM Iaşi on the 10th of February with a 6-6 head to head.

UTA Arad – Formation

UTA Arad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mircea Rednic decided to play with the following team: Florin Iacob (7.3), Diogo Rodrigues (7.3), Marko Stolnik (7.3), Alexandru Benga (7.5), Aly Abeid (7.3), Cristian Mihai (7.7), Marcelo Freitas (7.3), Albert Stahl (7.3), Andrej Fabry (7.8), Claudiu Micovschi  (6.8) and Godberg Cooper (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Aleksandar Vučenović (6.6), Herald Marku (7.0), Denis Dumitrascu, Ivaylo Markov, Reagy Ofosu (6.3), Danylo Kucher, Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Frederik Holst and Rares Pop (6.4).

UTA Arad could not rely on the presence of Rares Pop (injured) and Reagy Ofosu (injured).

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Claudiu Micovschi  for Herald Marku (71′), Cristian Mihai for Rares Pop (71′), Godberg Cooper for Aleksandar Vučenović (71′) and Diogo Rodrigues for Reagy Ofosu (46′).

Best player: Andrej Fabry​

The most impressive player for UTA Arad was Andrej Fabry.

His rating is (7.8) with 51 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 11 crosses.

Voluntari – Formation

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

Marin Dună played with: Jesús Fernández (7.3), Patricio Matricardi (7.9), Cristian Paz (7.8), Ionut Andres (7.9), Doru Andrei (7.0), Radu Boboc (7.0), Vadim Rață (7.0), Ricardinho (7.0), Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson (7.0), Andrei Dumiter (6.7) and Daniel Florea (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Angelo Cocian (6.8), Adam Nemec (6.4), Octavian Vâlceanu, Ljuban Crepulja, Igor Armaș, Luka Božičković, Andreas Niță, Nicolae Carnat (6.6) and Roberto Voican (7.0).

Voluntari could not rely on the presence of Roberto Voican (injured) and Angelo Cocian (injured).

Substitutions

Voluntari made 5 changes: Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson for Luka Božičković (90′), Doru Andrei for Roberto Voican (66′), Daniel Florea for Adam Nemec (66′), Ricardinho for Angelo Cocian (85′) and Andrei Dumiter for Nicolae Carnat (66′).

Best player: Ionut Andres​

The most impressive player for Voluntari was Ionut Andres.

His rating is (7.9) with 48 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• SSC Farul – Sepsi – 2-1
• UTA Arad – Voluntari – 0-0