In a weekend match on Friday Mar 11th, in week 1, UTA Arad and Academica Clinceni will play a match in Arad in a clash of these two mismatched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 8th placed UTA Arad, recorded a 2-1 win against Mioveni. Moussa Sanoh struck first for Mioveni in the 21st minute on a penalty, then Nicolao Dumitru tied it up for UTA Arad in the 41st minute on a penalty But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Philip Otele. UTA Arad is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Academica Clinceni is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rapid Bucuresti. Ilie struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 71st minute on a feed from Mattias Käit, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Academica Clinceni couldn’t muster any offence and Rapid Bucuresti ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 9 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Stadionul Motorul, UTA Arad won by a score of 2 to 0. Miculescu struck first for UTA Arad in the 15th minute, then Desley Ubbink added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Filip Dangubic In the end, Academica Clinceni couldn’t muster any offence and UTA Arad ran away with the shutout win.
Academica Clinceni is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Muhamed Alghoul and Marcel Holzmann each having 2 goals in their last five. UTA Arad hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Easton Ongaro and Desley Ubbink, and they each have 1 goal.