fierce duel in round #5 of the play-out, for superligation survival

Separate by only two points, in favor of the Aradians, UTA and Sepsi play a new “final” for survival in superlig. If the hosts alternated the victories with the defeats, the Covasnenii crosses a worrying form, being the only team in Superliga that has not accumulated any point in the first four stages of the final phase.

UTA Arad – Sepsi, live from 20:00

Compared to the regular season, UTA has lowered a place in the standings, but Sepsi crosses an even steeper collapse. Without any point in the last five stages, the team from Sfântu Gheorghe has passed from the pretending status to the play-off to a fierce fight to avoid relegation. Covasnenii is now only two “lengths” of the first directly retrograde place, occupied by Unirea Slobozia.

UTA Arad – Sepsi, Start teams

UTA: Iliev – Râpă, Paulolo, Benga, Duscut – Rassoul – Danciu, Mpoku, Van Durmen, Tzioni – Costache
Reserves: Gorcea, Trif, Count, Omondi, Zsori, Harrison, Matei, Effiong, Olar Taroi, R. Cristea
Coach: Mircea Rednic

Sepsi: Niczuly – Oteliță, Ninaj, Haruț, Dumitrescu – Mino Sota, C. Matei, Mailat – Babunski, Omondi, Neskovic
Reserves: Gyenge, Oroian, Simic, Fl. Stefan, Siger, Skorup, Kallaku, Drăghiceanu, Ghimfuș, El Sawy, M. Coman
Coach: Dorinel Munteanu

Stadium: “Francis Neuman”
Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs (Carei). ASSISTANT: Marius Badea (Râmnicu Vâlcea), Ionel Dumitru (Gherghiţa).
Var Referee: Viorel Flueran (Craiova). Aisistent arbitrator Var: Florin Mazilu (Satu Mare)

UTA Arad – Sepsi, the most interesting information

• Five victories, six draws and six defeats is the record recorded by Aradians in the current edition on their own ground

• The Covasnens lost the last five matches played in the superlig, three of them at the limit.

• 19 goals from fixed phases raised UTA in the first 34 rounds, of which eight following corners.

• Sepsi is the team on the gate space to which the most kicks have been drawn in the current play-out edition, 26.

• If it is used, Valentin Costache will check the match with the number 200 in Superliga, a competition in which he has passed 22 goals and 19 decisive passes. Also, Benjamin van Durmen could evolve for the 100th time on the first stage in Romania.

• UTA and Sepsi OSK met in the main internal competition 11 times, three times they won the Aradians, six times the guests from this round were imposed, and two other disputes ended in a draw.

• The first confrontation took place on December 17, 2020, Sepsi OSK-UTA Arad 3-0 (P. Safranko-Double, C. Golofca).

• Most goals were scored on December 2, 2022, UTA Arad-Sepsi OSK 1-4.

• The most recent direct meeting in the Superliga Romania: February 24, 2025, Uta-Sepsi 1-2 (V. Costache / D. Haruţ, O. El Sawy).

• Mircea Rednic Vs. Dorinel Munteanu, from the position of coaches in the championship: 13 duels – 5 victories Rednic – 5 draws – 3 successes Munteanu.