Rapid Bucuresti vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on November 09th, 2024

A football match between Rapid Bucuresti and UTA Arad of the Liga 1 will take place in Romania on Saturday, November 09th, 2024, at 19:00h (UTC), check the Rapid Bucuresti vs UTA Arad betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rapid Bucuresti vs UTA Arad will occur

The game will be played in the small Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium, in the city of Bucureşti, with a capacity for 9513 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Rapid Bucuresti 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 2.42 goals per match played.

Rapid Bucuresti last match

Rapid Bucuresti comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Hermannstadt, in a match valid for Liga 1, and the match ended 1-0. Coach M. Şumudică's team lined up with this formation: 3-4-3.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.50.

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 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Dinamo Bucureşti team with a final score of 1-0.

Before the match, it had already been stated that defeat was the most logical outcome. The most obvious indication was the odds for their vicorty, 4.20.

Rapid Bucuresti vs UTA Arad h2h

Rapid Bucuresti was in 6th place when they last played UTA Arad who was 7th place in Liga 1. Rapid Bucuresti played using the 4-4-2 formation while UTA Arad responded with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement.

These teams the last time they met which was on 13-07-2024 played out a 1-1 draw in a highly contested Liga 1 match during the 2024/2025 football season.

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

The Rapid Bucuresti team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the UTA Arad team, which won only 2 games.

Rapid Bucuresti

Liga 1 leaderboard now

Considering the home team Rapid Bucuresti, standing in 7th place with 20 points in the Liga 1 competition in Romania. Their performance statistics have been such as 4 wins, 3 losses and, 8 draws.

Which means that CSM Iaşi team, at position 8, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 16th round.

Rapid Bucuresti analysis

At the end of round 15 in Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti scored 18 goals and conceded 15 goals.

Rapid Bucuresti is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 48.2%. In the next match against UTA Arad a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Rapid Bucuresti will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Rapid Bucuresti is a more offensive team than UTA Arad, having 1426 attacks vs. 1414 from UTA Arad, having scored 18 times. In comparison, UTA Arad converted into goal 14 times.

Best goalscorer from Rapid Bucuresti

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Rareș Mihai Pop. Rapid Bucuresti owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 3 goals in this season.

UTA Arad

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 18 points won, UTA Arad is in 11th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 5 losses, plus 6 draws.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 16th round that the Unirea Slobozia team in 12th place.

UTA Arad analysis

After 15 rounds, UTA Arad has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 15 goals so far and scored 14 times.

Recent performances have shown that UTA Arad is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The average number of shots towards goal for UTA Arad is not among the best, with only 4.27 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 0.93 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

Best goalscorer from UTA Arad

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight João Pedro. With 2 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the UTA Arad team achieving several victories this season.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 2 of the 2 goals scored have this characteristic.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

The option of betting under 2.5 goals is also compelling since UTA Arad has an average of 0.86 goals per game as a visitor and often not suffers goals playing away from home, making this a market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.9.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.16 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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