Sepsi OSK – UTA will take place on Thursday at 15:30 in Sf. Gheorghe, the confrontation will count for the 14th round of League 1.
The two teams are separated by six points in the standings. Sepsi is on the 4th place with 23 points while UTA is at the start of this round on the 7th place with 17 points.
Leo Grozavu’s students had a balanced course this season both on their own field and away, the results obtained after the game were recommended as one of the contenders for the playoffs.
Compared to UTA, which lost four times in the first 13 rounds, Sepsi suffered only two defeats, one “at home” with the University of Craiova, score 1-0 and one in Clinceni with Academica, score 2-0. After the failure in the first round suffered at the end of the match with Oltenia, Grozavu’s boys recorded three draws and two victories as hosts, proving that they are a team hard to beat on their own field.
With 20 goals scored, Sepsi has the second attack in League 1 after FCSB (34 goals);
Only one defeat in six matches was recorded by Sepsi at home in this championship;
Only one defeat in seven matches recorded UTA on the opponent’s field in this championship;
If at home they suffer, having only one victory in six games, instead Laszlo Balint’s team has an impressive track record for a newly promoted away team, where they recorded only one defeat in seven performances, the 3-0 on ” National Arena ”with FCSB. Otherwise, “Old Lady” ticked off victories on fields where it is difficult to win in League 1 (n .r. Dinamo- UTA 0-1, FC Botoșani – UTA 2-3 and CFR – UTA 0-1), finishing undecided fief of those from Viitorul, FC Argeș and FC Hermannstadt, matches ended with the same score, 1-1.
Despite the course I mentioned, the two teams approach the duel with totally different moods. Covăsnenii come after a recital in Mediaș with Gaz Metan, score 3-0 while Arad lost on their own field with Universitatea, score 2-1, thus ticking the second consecutive defeat after the failure to score away from away with FCSB.
It remains to be seen how the people of Arad will react and if Balint will find the necessary resources to restore the morale of his students and train them 100% on the field of one of the “heavy” teams of this championship.
PREDICTION: Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe to win @ 1,61
