ARAD. UTA Arad overcomes Petrolul 52 1-0 after M. Freitas scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Stadionul Motorul stadium in Arad on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marian Alexandru Barbu with the help of Raul Constantin Ghiciulescu and Stelian Slabu. The 4th official was Marius Omuț. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.28 degrees Celsius or 57.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. UTA Arad was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Petrolul 52 that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Petrolul 52 was putting more pressure with 101 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, UTA Arad succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

UTA Arad shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Petrolul 52 shot 25 times, 7 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (Alexandru Tudorie, Andrei Alexandru David and Alexandru Benga). Talking about the opposition, Petrolul 52 received 2 yellow cards (Valentin Țicu and Albin Berisha).

Standings

After this contest, UTA Arad has 37 points like Hermannstadt to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Petrolul 52 will stays with 35 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, UTA Arad will play away with Rapid Bucuresti on the 28th of February with a 3-3 head to head statistic.

Petrolul 52 will host Universitatea Craiova on the 28th of February with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Universitatea Craiova (0 draws).

UTA Arad – Formation

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

The manager Mircea Rednic decided to play with the following team: Florin Iacob (8.5), Tiberiu Căpuşă (8.1), Marko Stolnik (7.0), Alexandru Benga (7.3), Diogo Rodrigues (7.9), Cristian Mihai (7.1), Marcelo Freitas (8.4), Claudiu Micovschi  (7.1), Andrej Fabry (6.7), Eric Omondi (7.3) and Kevin Luckassen (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: João Pedro, Vlad Morar (6.4), Ariel López (6.7), Alexandru Tudorie (6.4), Danylo Kucher, Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Catalin Vulturar, Andrei Alexandru David (6.3), Darius Iurasciuc, Razvan Alin Trif and Rares Pop.

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Andrej Fabry for Vlad Morar (60′), Kevin Luckassen for Alexandru Tudorie (60′), Claudiu Micovschi  for Ariel López (76′) and Eric Omondi for João Pedro (90′).

Player of the match: Florin Iacob​

The player that probably impressed the most for UTA Arad was the goalkeeper: Florin Iacob. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

Petrolul 52 – Formation

Petrolul 52 started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Florin Cristian Pârvu played with: Bart Meijers, Paul Papp, Ismaël Diomandé, Lukáš Zima (7.0), Lucian Dumitriu (7.0), Guilherme Garutti (7.8), Marian Huja (7.3), Valentin Țicu (7.0), Sergiu Hanca (7.1), Takayuki Seto (7.5) and Jair (7.5), Alexandru Marian (6.3), Albin Berisha (7.0), Alexandru Isfan (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Christian Irobiso (7.9), Raul Balbarau, Tommi Jyry (6.7), Gheorghe Grozav (7.3), Mario Bratu (7.3), Iustin Raducan, David Paraschiv, Denis Răzvan Radu (7.0) and Augustin Cristian Dumitrache.

Substitutions

Petrolul 52 made 5 changes: Sergiu Hanca for Christian Irobiso (60′), Alexandru Isfan for Gheorghe Grozav (60′), Alexandru Marian for Mario Bratu (60′), Takayuki Seto for Tommi Jyry (85′) and Lucian Dumitriu for Denis Răzvan Radu (76′).

Player of the match: Christian Irobiso​

The player that probably impressed the most for Petrolul 52 was Christian Irobiso.

His rating is 7.9 with 9 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 60′.

Results of the day

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

• SSC Farul – Otelul – 1-1
• CSM Iaşi – Rapid Bucuresti – 3-1
• UTA Arad – Petrolul 52 – 1-0