Otelul vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on December 14th, 2024

Otelul and UTA Arad will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga 1 on December 14th, 2024, Saturday at 12:30h (UTC), in Romania, check the Otelul vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Otelul vs UTA Arad will occur

The game will be played in the small Stadionul Oţelul stadium, in the city of Galati, with a capacity for 13500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Otelul vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga 1 has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.59 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.38 goals per match played.

Otelul last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Otelul team. On that occasion they met Hermannstadt for the Liga 1, and the match ended 1-0. Coach D. Munteanu's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.75, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

UTA Arad last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, UTA Arad, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Unirea Slobozia team with a final score of 3-4.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 3.50, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Otelul vs UTA Arad h2h

UTA Arad was in 6th place in the Liga 1 while Otelul was in 1st place, the last time these teams faced each other. UTA Arad team entered the field with the 4-3-3 formation, the same tactic Otelul used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a Liga 1 match, on 10-08-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Otelul

Liga 1 leaderboard now

Otelul enters into this match occupying 9th place in the Liga 1 with a negative balance. The team has scored 23 points, winning only 5 games, losing 6, and scoring 8 draws.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 1 point, in the 20th round is followed by the Farul Constanța team in 10th place.

Positioned in the middle of the league table in the Romania Liga 1 without high aspirations or fears of ending up in the relegation zone, the Otelul will try to benefit of the home factor to get a win.

Otelul analysis

At the end of round 19 of Liga 1, Otelul collected 14 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

Otelul team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Liga 1 that has been affecting the team's morale.

Recent results have shown that Otelul is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

his average possession rate in the league is 47.58%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Otelul vs UTA Arad 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

With a busy schedule, Otelul may have difficulty maintaining its performance facing multiple games in a short period of time. Despite the odds predicting a balanced game with Otelul and UTA Arad having odds for victory above 2, the team's busy schedule may be a decisive factor for the result.

Best goalscorer from Otelul

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Alexandru Pop. Otelul owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 4 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

UTA Arad

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 21 points won, UTA Arad is in 13th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 5 wins against 8 losses, plus 6 draws.

Which means that the team is over Unirea Slobozia team who is in the position 14 in the 20th round but with the same number of points.

UTA Arad analysis

UTA Arad shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 19 made and 23 conceded after 19 rounds of the league.

The average number of shots toward the net of UTA Arad can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.32 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 1 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

UTA Arad is a more offensive team than Otelul, having 1817 attacks vs. 1798 from Otelul, having scored 19 times, in comparison, Otelul converted into goal 14 times.

With a busy schedule, UTA Arad may have difficulty maintaining its performance facing multiple games in a short period of time. Despite the odds predicting a balanced game with Otelul and UTA Arad having odds for victory above 2, the team's busy schedule may be a decisive factor for the result.

Best goalscorer from UTA Arad

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Valentin Costache. With 3 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the UTA Arad team achieving several victories this season.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Otelul is Alexandru Pop, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of UTA Arad is Valentin Costache, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that UTA Arad scores an average of 0.78 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.57.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.42 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.95 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Otelul side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from UTA Arad who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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