BUCHAREST. FCSB conquered UTA Arad to win 2-1. F. Tanase was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was FCSB to strike first with a penalty of F. Tanase at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Tanase gave the win to FCSB in the 81′ minute with a penalty scoring a double.
The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Marian Alexandru Barbu with the support of Mircea Cristian Orbuleț and George Florin Neacșu. The 4th official was Viorel Nicușor Flueran. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.9 degrees Celsius or 35.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. FCSB was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. UTA Arad that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
FCSB had a more offensive attitude with 84 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FCSB won the match.
FCSB shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, UTA Arad shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
FCSB received 1 yellow card (O. Popescu). On the opposite side, UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (D. Balauru, M. Vorobjovas and V. Medjimorec).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, FCSB will have 40 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, UTA Arad will stay with 25 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away against Gaz Metan Mediaş on the 11th of December with a 17-4 head to head record in favor of FCSB (6 draws).
UTA Arad will host Botoşani on the 11th of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.
FCSB – Formation
FCSB
83'
22', 81'
69'
FCSB started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Anton Petrea decided to play with the following team: Andrei Vlad, Valentin Crețu, Paulo Vinícius, Andrei Miron, Risto Radunović, Darius Olaru, Adrian Șut, Florin Tănase, Andrei Cordea, Claudiu Keșerü and Octavian Popescu.
The home team had on the bench: Cătălin Straton, Iulian Cristea, Constantin Budescu, Valentin Gheorghe, Alexandru Musi, Răzvan Oaidă, Ovidiu Popescu, Andrei Dumiter and Ianis Stoica.
Substitutions
FCSB made 5 changes: C. Keseru for A. Dumiter (63′), A. I. Cordea for V. Gheorghe (63′), D. Olaru for R. Oaida (83′), O. Popescu for I. Stoica (83′) and A. Sut for O. Popescu (90′).
UTA Arad – Formation
UTA Arad
UTA Arad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
László György Balint played with: Florin Iacob, Rolandas Baravykas, Alexandru Benga, Vinko Međimorec, Evgeni Shlyakov, Juan Pablo Passaglia, Modestas Vorobjovas, David Miculescu, Desley Ubbink, Roger and Filip Dangubić.
They had on the bench: Dragoş Balauru, Erico da Silva, Constantin Dima, Florin Ilie, Idriz Batha, Sorin Bustea, Damian Isac, Liviu Antal and Ioan Hora.
Substitutions
UTA Arad made 3 changes: M. Vorobjovas for I. Batha (46′), J. Passaglia for I. Hora (63′) and F. Dangubic for L. Antal (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
