Comments and predictions for Cyprus vs Romania: Home team has no way out
The match between Cyprus vs Romania in the Nations League takes place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest Cyprus vs Romania team information
Cyprus striker Ioannis Pittas has shone for Swedish club AIK, scoring 14 goals in 26 domestic league games in 2024. He is expected to lead the attack this weekend, with support from Marinos Tzionis and either Pieros Sotiriou or Grigoris Kastanos.
Andreas Karo, Alex Gogic and Hector Kyprianou will feature in a back three, protecting goalkeeper Joel Mall, while Minas Antoniou and Nicholas Ioannou are likely to start at full-back.
For Romania, FCSB midfielder Adrian Sut has withdrawn through injury, but goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan has recovered and is competing with Florin Nita for the starting spot. Razvan Marin, after two penalty goals in the Nations League, is expected to continue in midfield, with Tottenham Hotspur's Nicolae Stanciu, Denis Dragus and Radu Dragusin retaining their places in the starting line-up.
Latest expected lineup Cyprus vs Romania
Cyprus:
Mall; Karo, Gogic, Kyprianou; Antoniou, Kastanos, Kousoulos, Ioannou; Tzionis; Sotiriou, Pittas
Romania:
Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; R. Marin, M. Marin, Stanciu; Man, Dragus, Mihaila
Latest football commentary Cyprus vs Romania
However, just three days later, Cyprus were hit with a 4-0 home defeat to Kosovo, leading to the sacking of head coach Temur Ketsbaia. Sofronis Avgousti was appointed as the new coach, having left Karmiotissa after just four games since July.
Avgousti, described as "Cyprus' most successful coach in recent years," will be looking for his first win over Romania since March 2010. However, Cyprus, ranked 123rd in the world by FIFA, have lost their last five competitive home games by a combined score of 16-1. They face Romania on Saturday, who have scored six goals in their opening two Nations League wins.
Two months after losing 3-0 to the Netherlands in the last 16 of Euro 2024, Romania won 3-0 away to Kosovo in their Nations League opener, and scored in the 87th and 92nd minutes to beat Lithuania 3-1 at home, taking all the points.
Romania, ranked 45th in the world by FIFA, are unbeaten in their last seven away qualifiers in all competitions. They have the chance to consolidate their position at the top of Group C Pot 2 with a win over Cyprus on Saturday, before travelling to Lithuania next Tuesday. Under coach Mircea Lucescu, 79, Romania have made an impressive start, despite playing weaker opposition, and are considered favourites to win again this weekend.
Cyprus have struggled defensively for some time now, keeping just two clean sheets in their last 19 internationals, and it is difficult to imagine the hosts preventing the Tricolour from scoring in this clash.
Cyprus vs Romania score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Cyprus vs Romaniaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Cyprus 0-2 Romania
- WhoScore:Cyprus 1-4 Romania
- Our newspaper predicts:Cyprus 0-2 Romania
When and where to watch Cyprus vs Romania live?
To watch the Cyprus vs Romania match live in the Nations League taking place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13, viewers can watch on TV360here, Mytv systemhereor on online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.
