Romania vs Sweden - prediction, team news, lineups

Romania invited Sweden to the Arena Nationala connected Monday evening, knowing that different decision would extremity their hopes of finishing apical of Nations League League B Group 4 and securing automatic promotion to the archetypal tier.

The visitors, meanwhile, are looking to fortify their presumption astatine the acme aft taking 7 points from their opening 3 matches of the campaign.

Match preview

Sweden are connected people for back-to-back promotions successful the Nations League, having ascended to League B astatine the opening of this run and are presently sitting 2 points wide astatine the apical of Group B4 aft 3 matches.

After opening their run with a 2-1 triumph successful the first-leg gathering implicit Romania, Graham Potter's broadside followed that up with a 3-1 occurrence against Poland earlier producing different encouraging show connected their archetypal distant travel of the run successful Zenica connected Friday evening.

The Scandinavians appeared connected people for a 3rd successive triumph erstwhile Viktor Gyokeres enactment them up against Bosnia-Herzegovina soon aft the hr mark, but they were forced to settee for a 1-1 gully aft Kerim Alajbegovic's precocious equaliser.

That effect further highlighted the team's strengths and vulnerabilities successful onslaught and defence respectively, arsenic Sweden are yet to support a cleanable expanse successful 13 games since Potter took complaint successful October past year, though they person lone failed to people erstwhile successful that spell, successful a 3-0 decision to France successful the World Cup circular of 32.

The erstwhile Chelsea brag has overseen 5 victories successful those 13 outings (D4, L4) and present has an accidental to amended his triumph percent against a federation the Blue and Yellow person beaten successful 4 of the past 5 meetings (L1), netting aggregate goals successful each those triumphs.

Romania, by contrast, person seen their run caput successful the other direction, with 3 defeats leaving Gheorghe Hagi's broadside bottommost of the conception without a constituent and looking adjacent much exposed aft each fixture.

While September's first-leg nonaccomplishment to Sweden successful Solna appeared spirited to a definite extent, the Tricolours' 4-2 setback astatine location to Bosnia-Herzegovina looked much disappointing, but matters took a overmuch worse crook connected Friday erstwhile they were thrashed 6-0 by Poland successful Warsaw.

Radu Dragusin's 22nd-minute dismissal proved costly, arsenic Romania conceded from the spot arsenic a effect of the defender's last-man foul, with Robert Lewandowski converting earlier the seasoned completed his hat-trick successful a second-half rout that featured 5 goals.

The effect marked the Tricolours' heaviest decision since a 7-1 nonaccomplishment to Switzerland successful the European qualifiers successful 1967, portion besides leaving Romania with conscionable 1 triumph successful 7 matches successful 2026.

At hazard of suffering their archetypal relegation from the Nations League 2nd tier since the competition's inception, Monday's hosts tin astatine slightest gully encouragement from the information that they person won 4 of their past 5 location games and volition presumption their latest nonaccomplishment successful Bucharest arsenic conscionable a blip successful beforehand of their crowd.
 

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Team News

Sweden are expected to stay without Alexander Isak aft the Liverpool guardant near the squad with a insignificant wounded sustained successful the opening gathering with Romania, portion Emil Holm is besides unavailable aft suffering a thigh occupation successful that match.

Carl Starfelt was forced disconnected with a thigh wounded past clip retired and volition miss Monday's game, with Eric Smith, who replaced him successful that match, and caller call-up Victor Eriksson some successful contention to commencement astatine the bosom of the defence.

Gyokeres should pb the enactment again aft extending his record-breaking Nations League scoring tally against Bosnia, making him the archetypal subordinate to people successful six consecutive matches successful the competition.

Sweden were besides deed by unwellness up of the Bosnia fixture, with Yasin Ayari, Benjamin Nygren, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Elliot Stroud and Patrik Walemark among those who missed that match, though Potter has added replacements to his squad.

Meanwhile, Romania volition beryllium without Dragusin, who is expected to service a suspension pursuing his dismissal past clip out, portion Virgil Ghița volition besides beryllium this 1 retired arsenic helium serves a one-match prohibition for an accumulation of bookings.

With some centre-backs retired of the representation for Monday's game, manager Hagi volition beryllium near to shuffle his backline, with Andrei Coubis an enactment to measurement successful aft coming successful past clip out, portion the experienced Andrei Burca is besides an option, arsenic are Bogdan Racovitan and Matei Ilie.

In fact, the 61-year-old manager made respective changes against Poland, with Ionut Radu apt to instrumentality successful extremity aft Otto Hindrich conceded six times successful Warsaw.
 

Romania imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Ratiu, Coubis, Burca, Eissat; Olaru, M Marin, Baluta, Stanciu; Man, Birligea

Sweden imaginable starting lineup:

Johansson; Gudmundsson, Lindelof, E Smith, Dahl; Bernhardsson, Larsson, Karlstrom, Nanasi; Gyokeres, Zeneli

We say: Romania 1-2 Sweden

Sweden clasp the vantage successful presumption of momentum and caller head-to-head meetings, truthful an distant triumph looks feasible, particularly against a depleted Romanian broadside that volition beryllium looking to enactment up absences successful the backline.

The hosts are expected to find the nett arsenic well, considering Sweden's deficiency of antiaircraft solidity nether Potter, truthful determination should beryllium goals astatine some ends successful this one.

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