ARAD. UTA Arad prevailed over Sepsi to win 2-1. It was UTA Arad to strike first with a goal of Eric Omondi at the 35′. Then Diogo Rodrigues scored again for UTA Arad in the 50′ minute. Eventually, Marius Ștefănescu reduced the distance for Sepsi a penalty (84′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sepsi was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadionul Francisc von Neumann stadium in Arad on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Florin Andrei who was helped by Alexandru Cerei and Mihăiță Necula. The 4th official was Marius Omuț. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.57 degrees Celsius or 43.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sepsi was in firm control of the ball 63% while UTA Arad was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sepsi was putting more pressure with 99 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, UTA Arad was able to find the solution to win this match.
UTA Arad shot 19 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sepsi shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
UTA Arad received 1 yellow card (Diogo Rodrigues). On the opposite side, Sepsi received 5 yellow cards (Marius Ștefănescu, Roland Varga, Branislav Niňaj, Gabriel Debeljuh and Nicolae Păun).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, UTA Arad has 27 points like U Craiova 1948 to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Sepsi will stays with 33 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, UTA Arad will play away with Universitatea Cluj on the 3rd of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of UTA Arad (3 draws).
Sepsi will host Universitatea Craiova on the 3rd of February with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Universitatea Craiova (5 draws).
UTA Arad – Formation
UTA Arad
28'
50'
71'
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: Danylo Kucher , Tiberiu Căpuşă , Ibrahima Sory Conté , Alexandru Benga , Diogo Rodrigues , Cristian Mihai , Marcelo Freitas , Claudiu Micovschi , Andrej Fabry , Eric Omondi and Kevin Luckassen .
The home team had on the bench: Ariel López , Rares Pop , Denis Bocean, Godberg Cooper, Reagy Ofosu, Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Vlad Morar, Andrei Alexandru David, Darius Iurasciuc, Razvan Alin Trif and Marko Stolnik .
Substitutions
UTA Arad made 5 changes: Eric Omondi for Ariel López (60′), Cristian Mihai for Rares Pop (60′), Andrej Fabry for Marko Stolnik (71′), Kevin Luckassen for Godberg Cooper (90′) and Claudiu Micovschi for Reagy Ofosu (90′).
Player of the match: Diogo Rodrigues
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for UTA Arad was Diogo Rodrigues.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Sepsi – Formation
Sepsi
Sepsi started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Bernd Storck played with: Roland Niczuly , Bogdan Oteliță , Ákos Kecskés , Denis Ciobotariu , Florin Stefan , Nicolae Păun , Marius Ștefănescu , Jonathan Rodriguez , Cosmin Matei , Roland Varga and Gabriel Debeljuh .
These were the players on the bench: Dinu Moldovan, Kevin Varga , Ion Gheorghe, Pavol Šafranko , Davide Popsa , Mihai Bălașa, Rajmund Niczuly, Sherif Kallaku , Adnan Aganović, Branislav Niňaj and Mario Rondon.
Substitutions
Sepsi made 4 changes: Roland Varga for Kevin Varga (46′), Ákos Kecskés for Branislav Niňaj (66′), Cosmin Matei for Sherif Kallaku (66′) and Jonathan Rodriguez for Pavol Šafranko (66′).
Player of the match: Florin Stefan
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sepsi was Florin Stefan.
His rating is with 37 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
- Dinamo Bucureşti – Rapid Bucuresti – 1-2
- Otelul – Petrolul 52 – 0-0
- UTA Arad – Sepsi – 2-1
