ARAD. UTA Arad bounces back against Botoşani with a goal on the G. David 56′ and a goal on the E. Lopez 51′. UTA Arad was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)​

The match was played at the Stadionul Francisc von Neumann stadium in Arad on Monday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was George Cătălin Găman assisted by Mircea Cristian Orbuleț and Stelian Slabu. The 4th official was Florin Ovidiu Mazilu. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.04 degrees Celsius or 53.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

UTA Arad had a superior ball possession 62% while Botoşani was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough UTA Arad to win the match​.

UTA Arad shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Botoşani shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 2 yellow cards (Alexandru Benga and Aly Abeid ). Regarding the opposition, Botoşani received 2 yellow cards (Andrei Miron and Zoran Mitrov).

(UTA Arad) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (73′).

Standings

After this contest, UTA Arad has 31 points like Otelul to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Botoşani will has 19 points like Dinamo Bucureşti to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, UTA Arad will play away against Voluntari on the 17th of February with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Botoşani will host Universitatea Craiova on the 17th of February with a 11-9 head to head statistic in favor of Universitatea Craiova (6 draws).

UTA Arad – Formation

UTA Arad adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mircea Rednic decided to play with the following team: Claudiu Micovschi , Florin Iacob (7.0), Tiberiu Căpuşă (7.1), Ibrahima Sory Conté (6.6), Alexandru Benga (7.0), Diogo Rodrigues (6.3), Cristian Mihai (6.3), Marcelo Freitas (7.3), Rares Pop (6.8), Andrej Fabry (6.7), Eric Omondi (6.7) and Kevin Luckassen (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Danylo Kucher, Ariel López (7.5), Aly Abeid  (6.7), Albert Stahl, João Pedro (6.8), Godberg Cooper, Vlad Morar (7.0), Andrei Alexandru David, Darius Iurasciuc, Razvan Alin Trif, Marko Stolnik and Andrei Alexandru David (6.4).

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Diogo Rodrigues for Aly Abeid  (59′), Marcelo Freitas for João Pedro (59′), Andrej Fabry for Vlad Morar (69′) and Cristian Mihai for Ariel López (83′).

Player of the match: Kevin Luckassen​

The player that probably impressed the most for UTA Arad was Kevin Luckassen.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 10 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 13.

Botoşani – Formation

Also Botoşani adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Bogdan Ioan Andone played with: Răzvan Ducan (6.3), Romario Benzar (7.0), Rijad Sadiku (7.0), Andrei Miron (7.0), Alexandru Țigănașu (6.8), Victor Dican  (7.1), Ioan Filip (6.8), Eduard Florescu (7.1), Gabriel David (7.3), Adams Friday (7.0), Enzo Lopez (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Lóránd Fülöp, Juan Cruz Kaprof (6.7), Zoran Mitrov (7.0), Daniel Celea (6.4), Răzvan Creț, Charles Petro, Alin Șeroni, Jaly Mouaddib, George Gligor, Codrin Cărăușu, Andrei Ureche and Aldaír Ferreira.

Substitutions

Botoşani made 4 changes: Gabriel David for Daniel Celea (74′), Enzo Lopez for Juan Cruz Kaprof (67′), Eduard Florescu for Aldaír Ferreira (90′) and Adams Friday for Zoran Mitrov (46′).

Player of the match: Enzo Lopez​

The most impressive player for Botoşani was Enzo Lopez.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 13 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• SSC Farul – Dinamo Bucureşti – 0-2
• UTA Arad – Botoşani – 2-2