Romania vs Bosnia-Herzegovina - prediction, team news, lineups

Romania volition play their archetypal location clash of the 2026-27 Nations League B at Arena Nationala connected Monday against visitors Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Both teams person started their campaigns successful the tournament, with the hosts past successful 4th with nary points having mislaid 2-1 against Sweden connected Friday, whereas Bosnia-Herzegovina drew 0-0 with Poland connected the aforesaid day and are 2nd with 1 point.

Match preview

Romania volition consciousness that they should person taken astatine slightest a constituent from their clash with Sweden considering neither squad produced galore moments of prime successful the last third.

It would besides beryllium understandable if goalkeeper Ionut Radu was disappointed fixed helium should arguably person saved Alexander Isak's strike, though helium tin hardly beryllium blamed for the team's wide struggles.

Tricolorii person mislaid four, drawn 1 and won conscionable 2 of their past six games successful each competitions, conceding 10 goals and lone keeping 1 cleanable sheet.

However, it should beryllium noted that Gheorghe Hagi's broadside person won each of their past 4 clashes astatine home, the astir caller of which was a 2-1 occurrence against Wales successful June.

Romania scored 12 times successful those 4 games, portion they person lone erstwhile conceded much than 1 extremity successful their past 10 fixtures erstwhile playing astatine home.

Bosnia-Herzegovina defended good for ample parts of their clash with Poland, restricting their opponents to conscionable 1 large chance.

Boss Sergej Barbarez whitethorn person immoderate concerns astir his team's attacking output considering that stalemate was not lone their 2nd consecutive lucifer without a goal, but besides the ninth clip successful 10 games that they netted 1 oregon less times.

Victory for the visitors would beryllium their 3rd successful a enactment against Romania, with the pair's past gathering a 3-1 triumph for Zmajevi against Monday's hosts.

Bosnia-Herzegovina's lone 2 defeats successful their past 13 clashes came during the 2026 World Cup - 4-1 and 2-0 losses against Switzerland and the USA - but their gully with Poland was the sixth clip successful 7 games that they failed to triumph (W1, D4, L2).

Barbarez's broadside are besides winless successful their 5 astir caller distant matches, a agelong successful which they suffered 2 defeats.

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Team News

Romania volition request greater attacking output from forwards Dennis Man and Louis Munteanu, though the brace would payment if Ianis Hagi was capable to make chances for them.

Hagi volition apt commencement successful an precocious role, but helium volition lone beryllium astatine his champion if midfielders Tudor Baluta and Razvan Marin supply a level for him from the treble pivot.

Centre-back Radu Dragusin is acceptable to beryllium stationed adjacent to defenders Andrei Coubis and Virgil Ghita.

Should Bosnia-Herzegovina usage the aforesaid 4-4-2 strategy that they deployed against Poland, expect to see Ermedin Demirovic and Haris Tabakovic paired unneurotic up front.

Ivan Basic and Ivan Sunjic whitethorn beryllium asked to support a four-man defence featuring defenders Nikola Katic and Tarik Muharemovic.

Romania imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Coubis, Dragusin, Ghita; Ratiu, Baluta, Marin, Bancu; Hagi; Man, Munteanu

Bosnia-Herzegovina imaginable starting lineup:

Zlomislic; Smajlovic, Katic, Muharemovic, Kolasinac; Bajraktarevic, Basic, Sunjic, Alajbegovic; Demirovic, Tabakovic

We say: Romania 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

While neither squad person been successful beardown signifier of late, Romania boast a beardown grounds erstwhile playing astatine home.

The hosts' defence has besides been awesome connected location soil, and Bosnia-Herzegovina whitethorn conflict to regularly nutrient chances.

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