Romania vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina Match Analysis and Prediction

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Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina will be back in action early this coming week when they lock horns at Arena Națională in their last League B Group 3 match of the UEFA Nations League. Kickoffs on September 26 at 21:45 EAT.

The home team is at the bottom of Group 3 with four points after the five matches in the league. They are now facing relegation threat unless they can beat the group leaders. The victory may not be enough as they will also need third place Finland to lose or draw. Coming into this game, Romania won only one of their last six matches.

Romania shared spoils 1-1 Nations League with Finland in their most recent encounter. In that match, Romania had 52% possession, 16 shots with six of them on target and a goal by Florin Tănase (52′ Finland got seven shots with two of them on target and a goal by Teemu Pukki (12′).

On the other hand Bosnia-Herzegovina went into the latest edition of this tournament on the back of just three wins since football returned after the start of the Covid-19, their most notable victory coming against Kazakhstan. This season, Petev’s squad has been by far the standout team in Group B3, recording maximum points in their home games and avoiding defeat on their travels. Coming into this game, Bosnia is unbeaten in their last six matches.

Bosnia will come into the encounter following on from a 1-0 Nations League win with the defeat of Montenegro in their previous fixture. In that match, Bosnia had 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Bosnia was Ermedin Demirović (45′). At the other end, Montenegro had 5 shots at goal with 2 on target.