In a weekend match on Sun Dec 11th, in week 20, Universitatea Cluj hosts UTA Arad in a clash of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. Universitatea Cluj is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Petrolul 52. Neither Petrolul 52 nor Universitatea Cluj could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw, At the end of 90 a dissapointed Universitatea Cluj couldn’t manage to score, and Petrolul 52 took the shutout win. Universitatea Cluj is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while uTA Arad is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Sepsi. Cosmin Matei struck first for Sepsi in the 29th minute on a penalty kick, then Philip Otele tied it up for UTA Arad in the 30th minute on a penalty kick. UTA Arad looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Aug 13th, UTA Arad hosted Universitatea Cluj in their last match together. UTA Arad was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Virgiliu Postolachi scored the first goal for UTA Arad in the 6th minute, but Adrian Ionuț Bălan got the equalizer for Universitatea Cluj in the 36th minute.
UTA Arad’s most prolific scorer has been Philip Otele. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Romário Pires and Ioan Filip are the top scorers for Universitatea Cluj in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.