Farul saw off UTA Arad 4-2 at the Main Stadium of the George Hagi Academy on Friday, a result that keeps the hosts steady in fifth place while UTA remain fifteenth in the Liga I regular season standings. The visitors had been riding a three-match winning streak before this one, but the pattern broke in the ninety minutes played here.
Matteo Ahlinvi opened the scoring early, finding the net in the third minute, and it seemed Farul might have this under control. But Eduard Radaslavescu made it two in the twentieth minute, and by then the match had settled into something more measured. Andrea Padula picked up a yellow card for UTA in the twenty-first, a caution that came early and set a tone.
Farul doubled their lead before half-time, Marius Coman adding a third in the thirty-seventh minute, and Denis Alibec made it four in the forty-fourth. The home side brought on Denis Alberto Taroi, Alexandru Goncear and Jayson Papeau together at the break, a triple change that suggested the coach wanted fresh legs for the second phase. Radaslavescu completed his brace in the fifty-seventh minute, putting the result beyond doubt.
UTAr managed a response through Omar Sawy El in the eighty-seventh minute, but the damage had been done. Samuel Gueulette received a yellow for the visitors in the seventy-second, and substitutions continued to flow on both sides. Tony Njike went off for Farul in the sixty-eighth, while Sota Mino and Alin Roman came on for UTA in the sixty-second.
And here's the thing about the numbers: Farul had less possession at forty-nine percent, yet they registered ten shots on target to UTA's four. The visitors dominated in the air with eleven successful duels against eight, but their shot accuracy sat at twenty-four percent, a figure that tells you everything about missed opportunities. Farul created six big chances compared to four, and their nine key passes versus thirteen for UTA shows a difference in how they moved the ball.
We had called for a home win before kick-off, giving it forty percent confidence, and the result followed the prediction. The hosts now sit on eleven points from eight games, five draws keeping them in the mix, while UTA remain on nine points with three defeats already. The gap between them in the table is two points, and this result makes the next meeting between these sides worth watching.
