Article by Marius Mărgărit, Liviu Manolache – Published Sunday, April 26, 2026, 12:24 / Updated Sunday, April 26, 2026 12:26
Ato – lighthousea match in the 6th stage of the play-out, between teams 8 points apart, will be played today, from 14:00, at the “Francisc Neuman” arena in Arad, to be broadcast liveTEXT by GSP.ro and televised by Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
UTA – Farul proposes a fierce duel between the people of Arada, who, with a victory, could mathematically get rid of any worries, and the “sailors”, in free fall, with consecutive defeats in the last 3 rounds, who are trying to escape from the last place in the play-off.
In the regular season, UTA took 4 points after a win at home (2-1) and a draw at the seaside (1-1). The success in the tour was brought by the goal stopper Pospelov, who will be absent today, being suspended after the elimination from the match with Oțelul. In the same situation is Alomerovic, who also saw “red” in Galați.
LIVE at 14:00 » UTA – Farul
UTA – Farul, starting teams:
UTA (4-2-3-1): Gorcea – Fl. Iacob, Poulolo, Benga (capt.), Van Durmen – Odada, Mino Sota – Abdallah, Alin Roman, Țăroi – M. Coman
Reserves: Tordai – Țuțu, Stolnik, Ov. Popescu, L. Mihai, Hrezdac, Tzionis, Tolcea, Ciubancan
Absent: Pospelov, Alomerovic (suspended), Padula (injured)
Coach: Adrian Mihalcea
Lighthouse (4-3-3): R. Munteanu – Furtado, Larie (capt.), Gustavo Marins, Cr. Ganea – Vînă, Dican, Radaslavescu – Alibec, Ișfan, Tănăsa
reserves: Buzbuchi – D. Maftei, St. Duțu, Sîrbu, Ramalho, G. Iancu, Goncear, I. Cojocaru, Markovic, Vojtus
Absent: Tîru, Grigoryan (injured)
Coach: Flavius the Stoic
Stadium: “Francis Neuman”
Referee: Istvan Kovacs // Assistants: Ferencz Tunyogi, George Neacsu
VAR referee: Cătălin Popa // AVAR Referee: Daniel Mitruti
UTA – The lighthouse, the most important information
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Nine wins, four draws and five lost games is the record recorded by the people of Arada in the current championship at home.
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January 25, 2026, Petrolul-Farul 0-1 was the only success achieved by the Dobrogens in the previous nine trips in the Superliga, in the rest there were two draws and six narrow defeats.
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UTA is the team with the most goals scored from set pieces – 22. On the other hand, the Constantinians finished the previous stage in first place in the hierarchy regarding successes outside the big box – 10.
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The performances of Alin Roman (6 goals, 13 assists) and Alexandru Ișfan (10 goals, 4 assists) should be noted, each setting a personal record for the number of offensive contributions achieved during a season.
Since the return of the Arada players on the first stage in 2020, UTA and Farul have met in the main domestic competition 14 times, three times the hosts prevailed in this match, twice the Constantinians won, and nine other games ended in a draw.
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Four of the nine draws ended without a goal being scored, three of which were on the Aradenian field.
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The last success scored by “Marinari”: February 24, 2023, UTA-Farul 0-1.
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The last successful victory on the first stage by the group from Arad: August 9, 2025, UTA-Farul 2-1.
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The most recent direct Superliga match: December 15, 2025, Farul-UTA 1-1, goals scored by Ionuț Vînă and Valentin Costache respectively.
The ranking from the Superliga play-out
