Ato – Csikszeredain stage 8 of the Superleague play-out, is now played at the “Francisc Neuman” arena in Arad. Both combatants are fighting for the upper part of the ranking, but only the Hammers have a license from Europe and could contest the play-off for the Conference League. The match is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and broadcast on TV by Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
UTA is sitting comfortably, it is in second place, but without a license for European cups. Newly promoted Csikszereda, on the other hand, is in the race to overtake those from Botoșani, to catch the Conference League barrier.
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UTA – Csikszereda, starting teams:
UTA (4-2-3-1): Gorcea – F. Iacob, Pospelov, Benga (capt.), Alomerovic – Odada, Mino Sota – Abdallah, A. Roman, Țăroi – M. Coman
Reserves: Tordai – Poulolo, Ov. Popescu, Van Durmen, Hrezdac, L. Mihai, Tzionis, Tolcea, Ciubăncan, Ile
Absent: Padula (injured)
Coach: Adrian Mihalcea
CSIKSZEREDA (4-1-4-1): E. Pap – Bloj, Csuros (capt.), Palmeș, Trif – Bodo – Anderson Ceara, Vereș, Dusinszki, Szalay – Eppel
Reserves: M. Simon, Z. Nagy, Dolny, Bencze, Bota, Gustavol Cabral, Hegedus, Brugger, Tajti, Kleinheisler, Loeper, Vegh
Coach: Robert Ilyes
Stadium: “Francisc Neuman” (Arad)
Referee: Viorel Flueran (Craiova). Assistants: Daniel Ilinca (Craiova), Mihaita Necula (Bucharest).
VAR Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica). Assistant VAR: Mircea Orbulet (Bucharest)
UTA – Csikszereda, the most important information
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Nine wins, five draws and five defeats is the record recorded by the Arada players in the current edition at home.
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FK Csikszereda won four of their 19 away matches, and three other times ended in a draw.
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UTA scored 23 goals from fixed phases, the most of all competitors.
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40.9% is the average possession recorded by the Hammers in the first 37 rounds, the lowest in the championship.
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With 14 successful assists, Alin Roman is the leader in the ranking of decisive passers in the current edition.
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36 players debuted for FK Csikszereda on the first stage in Romania in the current season, including Marton Eppel, 11 goals scored.
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Both teams were sanctioned with 11 penalties each, in which they are surpassed only by Metaloglobus (13 penalties against).
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The two teams have only met in the main domestic competition in the 2025/2026 regular season, when the Cicuani took four points out of the six played, 0-0 away and 2-0 at home (Anderson Ceara double).
