CRAIOVA. UTA Arad conquered U Craiova 1948. U Craiova 1948 was surely better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Paksi FC Stadion stadium in Craiova on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marian Alexandru Barbu with the help of George Florin Neacșu and Adrian Vornicu. The 4th official was Lucian Ruşandu. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.47 degrees Celsius or 74.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

U Craiova 1948 had a strong ball possession 62% while UTA Arad was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

U Craiova 1948 was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, UTA Arad found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

U Craiova 1948 shot 18 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad shot 20 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

U Craiova 1948 received 1 yellow card (Giovanni Costantino). Regarding the opposition, UTA Arad received 1 yellow card (Kevin Luckassen).

Standings

After playing this match, U Craiova 1948 will stay with 14 points to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, UTA Arad will have 15 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, U Craiova 1948 will host CSM Iaşi on the 28th of February with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

UTA Arad will play away agasint Rapid Bucuresti on the 28th of February with a 3-3 head to head stats.

U Craiova 1948 – Formation

U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Giovanni Costantino decided to play with the following team: Apostolos Diamantis, Ionut Gurau (6.6), Radu Negru (6.3), Gabriel Compagnucci (6.4), Danny Henriques (7.0), Andrea Padula (7.0), Gabriel Buta (7.0), Vlad Achim (7.0), Jibril Ibrahim (6.4), Yassine Bahassa (8.1), Benjamin Van Durmen (8.1) and Aurelian Chitu (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Dragos Albu, Vladislav Blanuta (7.0), Alexandru Blidar (6.4), Matheus Mascarenhas (7.0), Alexandru Florin Iordache, Vlad Pop, Robert Popa, Sekou Sidibe (6.4), Samuel Asamoah (6.7) and Alexandru Iordache.

Substitutions

U Craiova 1948 made 5 changes: Jibril Ibrahim for Sekou Sidibe (56′), Vlad Achim for Samuel Asamoah (57′), Yassine Bahassa for Alexandru Blidar (87′), Radu Negru for Matheus Mascarenhas (73′) and Gabriel Buta for Vladislav Blanuta (73′).

Best player: Yassine Bahassa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for U Craiova 1948 was Yassine Bahassa.

His rating is (8.1) with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 15 crosses.

UTA Arad – Formation

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

Mircea Rednic played with: Reagy Baah Ofosu, Florin Iacob (7.5), Tiberiu Căpuşă (7.3), Ibrahima Sory Conté (7.1), Marko Stolnik (7.0), Aly Abeid (6.8), Cristian Mihai (6.7), Marcelo Freitas (7.3), Claudiu Micovschi  (8.5), Andrej Fabry (8.1), Reagy Ofosu (7.5) and Kevin Luckassen (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diogo Rodrigues (6.4), Alexandru Benga, Godberg Cooper (6.3), Albert Stahl (6.8), Danylo Kucher, Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Herald Marku, Rares Pop (6.4) and Denis Dumitrascu.

UTA Arad could not rely on the presence of Diogo Rodrigues (injured).

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Reagy Ofosu for Albert Stahl (57′), Kevin Luckassen for Godberg Cooper (73′), Claudiu Micovschi  for Diogo Rodrigues (79′) and Andrej Fabry for Rares Pop (80′).

Best player: Claudiu Micovschi ​

The most impressive player for UTA Arad was Claudiu Micovschi .

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (95% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Rapid Bucuresti – Universitatea Craiova – 2-0
• U Craiova 1948 – UTA Arad – 2-3