Week 17 brings us a match on Nov 27th, where UTA Arad hosts Argeş at Stadionul Motorul in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. UTA Arad is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against SSC Farul. Neither SSC Farul nor UTA Arad could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. UTA Arad is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Argeş is fresh off their 3-2 win against Universitatea Craiova. Ante Roguljic struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the 6th minute on a feed from Dan Nicolae Nistor, then Kehinde Abdul Feyi Fatai got the equalizer for Argeş in the 42nd minute on a feed from Diogo Viana Finally they completed the comback victory in the 49th minute on a goal by Jafar Arias to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Argeş should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin, UTA Arad was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Dangubic struck first for UTA Arad in the 4th minute on a feed from Desley Ubbink, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Argeş couldn’t manage to score, and UTA Arad took the shutout win.
Jafar Arias has been the most effective weapon for Argeş lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. UTA Arad’s most prolific scorer has been Ioan Hora. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.