Week 9 features a match on Saturday Sep 3rd, where Chindia Târgovişte will travel to Arad to battle UTA Arad in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. UTA Arad sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Mioveni. Scarlatache struck first for Mioveni in the 9th minute on a feed from Liviu Antal, then in the 11th minute, Vukcevic sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Philip Otele squeezing out at least the one point for UTA Arad. UTA Arad is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while chindia Târgovişte is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Argeş. Doru Popadiuc struck first for Chindia Târgovişte in the 30th minute, then Paul Arnold Garita tied it up for Argeş in the 58th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 76th minute on a goal by Alexandru Ișfan to cap off a wild match. Chindia Târgovişte looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Chindia Târgovişte won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Chindia Târgovişte’s most prolific scorer has been Doru Popadiuc. The Romanian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. UTA Arad is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Virgiliu Postolachi and Philip Otele each having 2 goals in their last 5.