​UTA Arad – CFR Cluj, match count of the 2nd stage of the Romanian championship, scheduled for Friday, July 21, at 21:30 at the Franziska von Neumann Stadium, Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 2 will broadcast live .

UTA Arad and CFR Cluj, two teams that were quite disappointing in the previous season, met in one of the most interesting matches of the 2nd stage of the Super League.

UTA Arad started the new season with a 1-1 draw at Ocellul Galatasaray and are on a seven-match unbeaten run, including the last league matches, including those in promotion.

After saving the team from relegation, Mircea Rednik’s aim is to rank as close to the playoffs as possible, even if the squad has changed a lot: Philippe Otele, Eriko da Silva, Paul Anton, Desli Ubbink, Marko Vukčević, Rodger and Erion Khojallari among others, and most significantly names in terms of arrivals – Godberg Cooper (Kindia), Denis Dumitrascu (Kindia), Katalin Karp (UFA), Marcelo Freitas (Ituano), Albert Stahl (Rapid).

“Some players left there, but now they have problems in the central axis. You will have to use it! The stadium will be full, and the players who came this summer, especially the foreigners, will now realize the atmosphere in Arad,” said Mircea Rednik.

CFR Cluj started the championship with a win at home, 2-0 against Poli Jassa, but also with a new coach, Andrea Mandorlini, who also worked at Gruja in the 2009-2010 season, when he won the title, the cup and the super cup.

This summer, Transylvania lost important players such as Nana Boateng, Simone Scuffet, Andrej Burke, Juri Matias, Denis Kollinger and Carlo Brucic, in favor of players who don’t say much but fit into the club’s new budget austerity.

Note that the Transylvanians have not lost in the last three direct matches played in Arad (two wins and a draw) and have not lost in the last five games, regardless of the venue (three wins and two draws).

“The trip to Arad will be difficult, against a good opponent, but we are ready as for any game, especially since it is the last one before the debut in the Conference League. We are thinking about the match with Adana, but the most important one is the one in Arad,” said Andrea Mandorlini.

The two teams met twice in the regular season of the last edition of the championship, when they drew at UTA Arad, in the round, the score was 1-1 (Colinger 59a, respectively, Nana Boateng 32), as, in return, ČFR Cluj wins at home , score 2-1 (Yanga 45+3, Yuri Matias 63, R. Pop 47, respectively).

Superbet offers a coefficient of 1.28 on the prediction X2: draw or victory of the guests in the match UTA Arad – CFR Cluj.

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