IAşI. CSM Iaşi tops UTA Arad 1-0 after S. Harrison scored just 1 goal (78′). CSM Iaşi was much better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu stadium in Iaşi on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Marcel Bîrsan with the help of Mihai Ovidiu Artene and Vladimir Urzică. The 4th official was Sorin Andrei Antonie. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.82 degrees Celsius or 33.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Standings

After playing this match, CSM Iaşi has 22 points like UTA Arad to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad will stays with 22 points like CSM Iaşi to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, CSM Iaşi will play away with Universitatea Craiova on the 16th of December with a 13-4 head to head in favor of Universitatea Craiova (4 draws).

UTA Arad will host SSC Farul on the 16th of December with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of SSC Farul (3 draws).

CSM Iaşi – Formation

CSM Iaşi started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Leontin Florian Grozavu decided to play with the following team: Nicolás Samayoa, Antonio Dumitru, Mihai Bordeianu, Silviu Lung Jr. (7.5), Marius Mădălin Martac (7.1), Florin Ilie (7.1), Matija Katanec (6.7), Rareș Sebastian Ispas (7.5), Carlos Jatobá (7.8), Julián Augusto Marchioni (7.1), Andrei Cosmin Gheorghiță (6.8), Alin Roman (9.1), Luis Phelipe (7.7) and Shayon Harrison (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Răzvan Tincu, Andrei Ciobanu, Sergiu Buş (6.3), Ionuț Ailenei, Stefan Stefanovici (6.8), Catalin Itu, Robert Ion, Diego Fărcaș and Alexandru-Petru Hrib.

Substitutions

CSM Iaşi made 5 changes: Alin Roman for Robert Ion (90′), Matija Katanec for Sergiu Buş (70′), Andrei Cosmin Gheorghiță for Stefan Stefanovici (70′), Carlos Jatobá for Răzvan Tincu (90′) and Luis Phelipe for Catalin Itu (90′).

Player of the match: Alin Roman​

The most impressive player for CSM Iaşi was Alin Roman even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 9.1 with 74 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

UTA Arad – Formation

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

Mircea Rednic played with: Albert Stahl, Florin Iacob (8.4), Tiberiu Căpuşă (7.9), Ibrahima Sory Conté (7.1), Alexandru Benga (7.1), Aly Abeid  (7.3), Cristian Mihai (7.0), Catalin Carp (6.8), Andrej Fabry (7.0), Claudiu Micovschi  (6.7), Kevin Luckassen (6.4), Eric Omondi (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Rares Pop (6.7), Diogo Rodrigues, Godberg Cooper (6.6), Reagy Ofosu, Danylo Kucher, Marcelo Freitas (7.3), Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Herald Marku and Marko Stolnik.

UTA Arad could not rely on the presence of Godberg Cooper (injured).

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 3 changes: Andrej Fabry for Marcelo Freitas (58′), Catalin Carp for Rares Pop (88′) and Kevin Luckassen for Godberg Cooper (11′).

Player of the match: Florin Iacob​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for UTA Arad was the goalkeeper: Florin Iacob. His rating is 8.36. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• CSM Iaşi – UTA Arad – 1-0