VOLUNTARI. UTA Arad tops Voluntari 1-0 after A. Fabry scored just 1 goal (77′).
The match was played at the Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu stadium in Voluntari on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Horațiu Mircea Feșnic who was helped by Alexandru Vodă and Doru Claudiu Lucaciu. The 4th official was Iulian Dima. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.43 degrees Celsius or 47.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Voluntari was in firm control of the ball 55% while UTA Arad was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Voluntari was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, UTA Arad managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Voluntari shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad shot 15 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Voluntari received 1 yellow card (Ricardinho). Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Voluntari stays with 27 points like CSM Iaşi to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, UTA Arad will has 34 points like Hermannstadt to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Voluntari will play away with Universitatea Craiova on the 24th of February with a 13-3 head to head stats in favor of Universitatea Craiova (5 draws).
UTA Arad will host Petrolul 52 on the 24th of February with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Petrolul 52 (1 draw).
Voluntari – Formation
Voluntari
24'
71'
Voluntari started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nicolae Constantin Dică decided to play with the following team: Jesús Fernández , Ricardinho , Grigore Ioan Turda , Patricio Matricardi , Radu Boboc , Bautista Cascini , Ljuban Crepulja , Andrei Dumiter , Mihai Radut , Robert Popescu and Adam Nemec .
The home team had on the bench: Lukas Droppa, Daniel Florea , Octavian Vâlceanu, Cristian Paz, Igor Armaş , Naser Aliji, Doru Andrei , Vadim Rata, Nicolae Carnat , Angelo Cocian, Roberto Voican and Andrei Ciobanu.
Substitutions
Voluntari made 4 changes: Mihai Radut for Doru Andrei (71′), Andrei Dumiter for Nicolae Carnat (80′), Robert Popescu for Daniel Florea (80′) and Bautista Cascini for Andrei Ciobanu (87′).
Player of the match: Ricardinho
The player that probably impressed the most for Voluntari was Ricardinho.
His rating is with 45 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
UTA Arad – Formation
UTA Arad
77'
UTA Arad started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Mircea Rednic played with: Florin Iacob , Tiberiu Căpuşă , Marko Stolnik , Alexandru Benga , Diogo Rodrigues , Cristian Mihai , João Pedro , Claudiu Micovschi , Vlad Morar , Eric Omondi and Kevin Luckassen .
These were the players on the bench: Ariel López, Andrej Fabry , Marcelo Freitas , Rares Pop , Albert Stahl , Alexandru Tudorie , Danylo Kucher, Catalin Vulturar, Andrei Alexandru David, Darius Iurasciuc and Razvan Alin Trif.
UTA Arad could not rely on the presence of Rares Pop (injured).
Substitutions
UTA Arad made 5 changes: Kevin Luckassen for Alexandru Tudorie (70′), Claudiu Micovschi for Andrej Fabry (70′), João Pedro for Marcelo Freitas (56′), Vlad Morar for Albert Stahl (56′) and Albert Stahl for Rares Pop (74′).
Player of the match: Tiberiu Căpuşă
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for UTA Arad was Tiberiu Căpuşă even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
