LIVE Csikszereda – UTA Arad, duel with major implications in the fight for the play-offs


Article by David Marinescu – Published on Saturday, 07 February 2026, 08:54 / Updated on Saturday, 07 February 2026 08:55
Csikszereda – Atoin the 26th stage of the Superliga, will take place today, from 15:00. The duel from Miercurea Ciuc will be liveTEXT by GSP.ro and televised by PrimaSport 1 & DigiSport 1.
After several stages, the Ciucani climbed the ranking and ended up ahead of three teams, thanks to the victory achieved in the middle of the week on the field of Metaloglobus, score 1-0. After three consecutive away trips, the team trained by Robert Ilyeș is now back on home soil, where, in the last appearance, they narrowly beat FC Botoșani, also with 1-0.
On the other hand, the “textile players” continue their journey towards the play-offs under the command of Adrian Mihalcea. Even though they lost in the last stage, 0-1 with CFR, the Aradians remain in the race for the first six places.
LIVE at 15:00 » Csikszereda – UTA
Csikszereda – UTA, likely teams:
Csikszereda (4-1-4-1): Pap – Palmeș, Kabashi, Csuros, Paszka – Vegh – Jebari, Anderson, Bodo, Trif – Nagy
reserves: Simon, Deaky – Dusinszki, Bota, Bloj, Hegedus, Eppel, Veres, Bettini, Gustavinho, Novelli, Szalay
Coach: Robert Ilyeș
UTA Arad (4-2-3-1): Gorcea – Țuțu, Poulolo, Pospelov, Alomerovic – Mino, Odada – Gojkovic, Al. Roman, Costache – Coman
reserves: Tordai – Benga, Abdallah, Barbu, Iacob, Stolnik, Tzionis, Van Durmen, Mihai, Șaroi, Hrezdac
Coach: Adi Mihalcea
Referee: Andrei Moroita
ASSISTANT: Ionuț Bobe and Marius Marchidannu
VAR referee: Viorel Flueran
Assistant VAR: Cosmin Bojan
Book: Mihai Motan
Observer referees: Andrei Ionita
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Three wins, six draws and three lost games were recorded by the hammers in the current edition on home soil. They have scored in 10 of their 12 home games, but have also conceded in 11 of those matches.
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October 26, 2025, FCSB-UTA 4-0 was the last defeat suffered by the people of Arada in the championship as visitors. Four successes and a draw followed.
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The two teams have met before in the main domestic competition only in the round of the current regular season, when they drew without a goal at the Francisc Neuman arena in Arad.




