ARAD. Hermannstadt topped UTA Arad 3-1 thanks to D. Paraschiv who scored in the 20th, 46th and 49th minute. Hermannstadt was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with D. Paraschiv (20′), D. Paraschiv (46′) and D. Paraschiv (49′). UTA Arad reduced the distance with a goal (63′) by Claudiu Micovschi , but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stadionul Motorul stadium in Arad on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Bogdan Dumitrache assisted by Mihăiță Necula and Cosmin Vatamanu. The 4th official was Iuliana Elena Demetrescu. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 21.03 degrees Celsius or 69.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. UTA Arad was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Hermannstadt that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Hermannstadt managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

UTA Arad shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hermannstadt shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (Florin Iacob, João Pedro and Marcelo Freitas). Regarding the opposition, Hermannstadt received 2 yellow cards (M. Butean and I. Stoica).

Standings

After this contest, UTA Arad stays with 40 points like Hermannstadt to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Hermannstadt will has 40 points like UTA Arad to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

UTA Arad – Formation

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 (6.4), Tiberiu Căpuşă (6.4), Ibrahima Conté (7.0), Alexandru Benga (6.6), Razvan Alin Trif (6.6), C. Vulturar (6.7), João Pedro (6.4), Claudiu Micovschi  (7.5), Andrej Fabry (6.8), Eric Omondi (7.5) and Kevin Luckassen (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Diogo Rodrigues (7.1), Imoh Ezekiel (6.8), Marko Stolnik, Ariel López, Alexandru Tudorie (6.7), Marcelo Freitas (7.3), Vlad Morar, Andrei Alexandru David, Darius Iurasciuc, R. Pop (6.3) and Florin Iacob.

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 5 changes: João Pedro for Marcelo Freitas (52′), Andrej Fabry for Imoh Ezekiel (52′), C. Vulturar for R. Pop (78′), Tiberiu Căpuşă for Diogo Rodrigues (74′) and Kevin Luckassen for Alexandru Tudorie (74′).

Player of the match: Claudiu Micovschi ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for UTA Arad was Claudiu Micovschi .

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 33 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.

Hermannstadt – Formation

Hermannstadt started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marius Constantin Măldărăşanu played with: C. Căbuz (8.1), M. Butean (7.9), V. Găman (7.3), F. Bejan (6.4), Raul Opruț (6.6), S. Balaure (7.5), A. Murgia (7.7), S. Mino (7.0), I. Stoica (7.0), G. Iancu (7.5) and D. Paraschiv (9.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rúben Fonseca, Ionuț Stoica (7.0), C. Neguț (7.0), P. Medina, K. N’Goma, D. Iancu (6.8), I. Pop, I. Biceanu (6.8), V. Muțiu, A. Oroian, A. Jipa and K. Ciubotaru.

Substitutions

Hermannstadt made 5 changes: F. Bejan for Ionuț Stoica (46′), S. Balaure for A. Oroian (90′), D. Paraschiv for C. Neguț (83′), I. Stoica for D. Iancu (73′) and G. Iancu for I. Biceanu (74′).

Player of the match: D. Paraschiv​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hermannstadt was D. Paraschiv.

His rating is 9.4 with 3 goals, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• UTA Arad – Hermannstadt – 1-3
• Universitatea Craiova – SSC Farul – 1-2