ARAD. Universitatea Craiova managed to find the solution against UTA Arad to win 2-1. S. Baiaram was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was UTA Arad to strike first with a goal of A. Abeid at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Baiaram gave the win to Universitatea Craiova in the 57′ minute scoring a double. Universitatea Craiova was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

P. Anton received a red card (50′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why UTA Arad lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadionul Motorul stadium in Arad on Sunday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Andrei Florin Chivulete assisted by Andrei Gabriel Constantinescu and Imre-Laszlo Bucsi. The 4th official was Florin Andrei. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Universitatea Craiova had a strong ball possession 66% while UTA Arad was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Universitatea Craiova was more aggressive with 95 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Universitatea Craiova won the match.​

UTA Arad shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Universitatea Craiova shot 18 times, 9 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

UTA Arad received 2 yellow cards (P. Anton and Erico). Talking about the opposition, Universitatea Craiova received 4 yellow cards (D. Nistor, P. Papp, N. Bancu and A. Roguljic).

P. Anton (UTA Arad) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (50′).

Standings

After this contest, UTA Arad will stay with 16 points like U Craiova 1948 to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Universitatea Craiova will have 24 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, UTA Arad will host Argeş on the 30th of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Argeş (2 draws).

Universitatea Craiova will play away agasint Rapid Bucuresti on the 12th of November with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Universitatea Craiova (6 draws).

UTA Arad – Formation

The manager Ilie Poenaru decided to play with the following team: Florin Iacob, Alexandru Constantin Benga, Erico Constantino da Silva, Mihai Dobrescu, Yacoub Aly Abeid, Paul Viorel Anton, Juan Bautista Cascini, Albert Tivadar Stahl, Rareș Mihai Pop, Virgiliu Postolachi and Philip Otele.

The home team had on the bench: Idriz Batha, Florentin Matei, Claudiu Andrei Keșerü, Cristian Maxim, Dragoș Balauru, Claudiu Negoescu, Fabiano Duarte Cibi, Erion Hoxhallari and Wesley Jobello.

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 5 changes: R. Pop for C. Negoescu (55′), A. Stahl for I. Batha (56′), P. Otele for W. Jobello (77′), J. Bautista for F. Matei (77′) and M. Dobrescu for C. Keseru (86′).

Universitatea Craiova – Formation

Mirel Matei Radoi played with: Giedrius Arlauskis, Paul Papp, Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu, Nicușor Silviu Bancu, Bogdan Alexandru Mitrea, Dan Nicolae Nistor, Alexandru Crețu, Mihai Căpățînă, Vladimir Screciu, Rivaldo Vitor Ferreira Mosca and Ștefan Baiaram.

They had on the bench: Ionuț Daniel Vînă, Marius Valerică Găman, Sergiu Cătălin Hanca, Ante Roguljić, David Beniamin Lazar, George Alexandru Cimpanu, Jovan Markovic, Eduard Marian Florescu and Alexandru Mateiu.

Substitutions

Universitatea Craiova made 4 changes: M. Capatina for A. Mateiu (66′), S. Baiaram for Alexandru George (67′), Rivaldinho for J. Markovic (72′) and A. Cretu for A. Roguljic (84′).

Results of the day

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

• Mioveni – Botoşani – 0-0
• Universitatea Cluj – CFR Cluj – 1-2
• UTA Arad – Universitatea Craiova – 1-2