Romania vs Ukraine Predictions & Match Preview

Romania vs Ukraine Prediction

Romania are back at European Championship after missing out on the 2020 edition. They start the tournament with the clash against Ukraine on Monday afternoon at Fussball Arena in Munich.

• Romania failed to score in consecutive outings against Bulgaria and Liechtenstein.
• Ukraine demolished Moldova 4-0 last Tuesday.
• Ukraine have two wins and a draw in the last three H2H encounters with Romania.
• Just one of Romania’s previous five matches provided three or more goals.

Romania enjoyed a stellar qualifying campaign, topping Group I without a single defeat in ten matches.

The fact they ended the qualification process above Switzerland and Israel adds optimism for their fans.

Ukraine will feature at their fourth consecutive Euro. After failing to get out of the group stage in the first two appearances, the Ukrainians made it to the quarter-final three years ago.

England were too strong for them on the occasion. Serhiy Rebrov’s men came just short of Italy in the battle for the second place in their respective qualifying group for this tournament.

They booked a ticket for Germany by claiming two separate 2-1 wins over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland in the playoffs in March.

Romania vs Ukraine Predicted Lineups and Team News

Romania are racing against time as four of their influential players are reportedly injured ahead of the first game of the tournament.

The list includes the team’s main creator Razvan Marin as well as striker Gheorge Puscas. None of these players have officially been ruled out but the chances are that this game will come too soon for most of them.

Romania (4-5-1): Moldovan – Mogos, Dragusin, Racovitan, Olaru – Man, Sorescu, Cicaldau, Hagi, Coman – Puscas

Ukraine dispatched Moldova 4-0 in a friendly on Tuesday night in Zimbru. However, the win brought a big injury concern for Serhiy Rebrov.

Everton’s left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko was forced out in the first half through injury. His appearance is under a big question mark.

Ukraine (4-4-2): Lunin – Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviienko, Zinchenko – Tsygankov, Malinovsky, Stepanenko, Mudryk – Sudakov, Dovbyk

Ukrainian experience to prevail in Munich

This is Ukraine’s fourth successive European Championship. They will also enter this tie in much higher spirits after a 4-0 drubbing of Moldova on Tuesday. Heorhii Sudakov produced a particularly inspiring performance with two assists and a goal while the likes of Yaremchuk, Tsygankov, and Dovbyk were also all on target on the occasion.

Last but not least, Ukraine are unbeaten in three straight meetings against Romania, managing two wins and a draw in the process. On the other side, the Romanians failed to break the deadlock in back-to-back goalless draws to Bulgaria and Liechtenstein in this month’s exhibitions.

Eduard Iordanescu’s men are winless in four consecutive outings across competitions, a run that includes a 2-3 defeat to Colombia in March. Finally, Romania could be without two super-important attacking figures through injuries. We back Ukraine to win at the 2.00 odds.

Romania play tight football under Iordanescu

Four of Romania’s last five games in all competitions ended with fewer than three goals scored. The streak involves a pair of disappointing goalless draws in the matches against Bulgaria and Liechtenstein earlier this month. We will alternatively take the Under 2.5 goals bet at the 1.66 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- June 13, 2024

Romania vs Ukraine Betting Tips

Ukraine to win

OK

2.00 Odds

Under 2.5 goals

OK

1.68 Odds

Correct Score: Ukraine 2-0

OK

9.00 Odds