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Romania vs Malta Prediction & Betting tips
In Group F of qualifying for the European Championship in 2020, first place is almost certainly awarded to the Spaniards. Behind them, Sweden, Norway and Romania are fighting for second place and thus another ticket to the finals next year.
The worst maps currently have the Romanians. However, on Sunday they have the easiest task with their game against Malta, while Sweden and Norway will take the points away in a direct duel.
On Thursday, Romania were close to league leaders Spain in a surprise, but in the end were missing a few inches for a point. Against the Maltese, Romania celebrated a safe 4-0 victory in the first leg and a similarly high result is expected on Sunday in Stadionul Ilie Oană in Ploieşti.
With a threesome, the home side could at best match the better placed Swedes and Norwegians. In the match between Romania and Malta, the prognosis is clear that the hosts will win.
Romania :
In the end, not much was missing for a point against La Roja. In the game against the Spaniards, Romania was on Thursday, especially in the first hour, the clearly outnumbered team and with the intermediate 0: 2 backlog still well served. But then Florin Andone came on in the 56th minute and got only three pointer rotations later the connection.
The pressure of the Romanians increased and when Spain defender Diego Llorente saw the red card ten minutes from time, a point seemed close enough to touch. However, Romania missed in the episode good opportunities and failed especially in stoppage time with a double chance first to Spain’s keeper Kepa and the subsequent rebound on their own inability.
Romania have stayed at seven points thanks to their recent victories against the Faroe Islands and Malta, as well as the draw in Norway, and are now three points behind the Swedes, who drew 2-1 away from home, and one point behind Vikings. But Romania is still in the race for second place, especially as the two second leg matches against the Scandinavian countries both take place at home.
Outstanding man among the Romanians was previously Claudiu Keşerü. The forward of Ludogorez Razgrad has scored five of his team’s twelve goals to date, preparing two more. For a use over the full 90 minutes, it was enough for the now 32-year-old in the five qualifying matches so far only once.
So far Romania have been without a clean sheet just once in their qualifying campaign and that was in the first leg of Malta, which defeated coach Cosmin Contra’s side 4-0. Otherwise, there were always goals, including against the bottom of Faroe Islands, which defeated the Romanians still clear with 4: 1.
However, Romanians could always meet in the past as well. Romania scored at least one goal in the seventh consecutive game against Spain. In the last 15 games, the Romanians were scoreless only twice. Therefore, in the match between Romania and Malta a tip on good odds on some goals of the hosts is advisable.
Malta:
For Malta, the qualifying for the Euro 2020 started fantastically. With 2: 1 sat the football dwarf against the other underdog of this group from Faroe Islands. However, until today not only the only points but also the only goals remain. As a result, the Maltese lost the games against Spain, Sweden, Romania and last Thursday in Norway to zero.
Malta has not disguised in any of these games. Even against the Spaniards, there was only a 0-2 defeat, but of course, was completely earned. With the same result, the Maltese also lost in Norway on Thursday, with the final result already at halftime stock.
Malta is one of the few football giants that still exist, but in the past it has rarely conceded really high defeats. In the last three years, the Maltese have scored five or more goals in just two out of 27 international matches. Otherwise, they made it in this time already great nations like England or just Spain hard and cashed some narrow defeats.
In the FIFA World Ranking, Malta is currently ranked 181 and is in illustrious company with nations such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Sao Tomé and Principe or Bhutan. Of the members of UEFA, only San Marino (rank 211, last place), Gibraltar (rank 198) and Liechtenstein (rank 182) are in a poorer position. That Malta wins in Romania is very unlikely.
The last away win of the Maltese dates from 7 June 2013 and was a 1-0 in Armenia as part of the qualification for the 2014 World Cup. In the match between Romania and Malta is a tip on home win nonetheless not recommended, since in the best case just once compensates for the betting tax. So you have to look for alternatives in this game.
And since the Maltese have always lost with humane results in the past, in the match between Romania and Malta the odds for betting on relatively few goals of the home side are interesting.
Romania vs Malta head to head matches
10.06.19 EUR Malta Romania 0 : 4