Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania are set to square off this Tuesday at Bilino Polje in their second fixture of the 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League. Kickoffs schedules for June 7, 2022 at 21:45 EAT.
The home team has been performing below expectation since the resumption of international football in September 2020. It is fair to say that Bosnia-Herzegovina has failed to perform to their potential and they will be bidding to uphold their game this time round. A return to home territory provides Bosnia-Herzegovina with an opportunity to build some momentum, but it was not so long ago that they were losing to Finland and Ukraine at home.
Bosnia-Herzegovina will want better results following 1-1 Nations League tie with Finland in their last game. In that match, Bosnia had 44% possession, 12 shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Teemu Pukki 45+1’(P). Finland got 14 shots with five of them on target and a goal scored by Smail Prevljak 90+3’.
Meanwhile, Romania has been in poor form since the turn of the year and will need to work hard to make an impact this in this competition. It is time to showcase the improvements they have been made over the past nine months with just three defeats coming in 10 matches in all competitions. Romania has failed to score in three of their last five matches and in the last eight games they’ve managed just two wins.
Romania will be hoping to make amends for the 2-0 Nations League loss to Montenegro in their previous outing. In that match, Romania managed 56% possession, seven shots with only one of them on target. Montenegro got 15 shots with five of them on target and goals by Stefan Mugosa 66’ and Marko Vukcevic 87’.
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Romania head to head
Romania boasts a slight upper hand having won three times from the four head to head encounters between these two sides since 2002 while Bosnia-Herzegovina holds a solitary win.
- Romania 3-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina 03/06/11
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 2-1 Romania 26/03/11
- Romania 2-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina 07/06/03
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-3 Romania 07/09/02
Home
- Finland 1-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-0 Luxembourg
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-1 Georgia
- USA 1-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-2 Ukraine
Away
- Montenegro 2-0 Romania
- Israel 2-2 Romania
- Romania 0-1 Greece
- Liechtenstein 0-2 Romania
- Romania 0-0 Iceland
Bosnia & Herzegovina team news
Bosnia and Herzegovina have a fully-fit squad at their disposal.
Romania team news
Iulian Cristea will miss out this fixture for the visitors through injury.
Prediction and odds
Although Romania has no wins in their last three games, they’ve done relatively better than Bosnia in losing three times in their last 10 games, with four wins and three draws while Bosnia & Herzegovina team have won just one of their last seven games across all competitions.
- Romania Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
