Slovakia – Romania

Slovakia and Romania can produce an entertaining encounter

On Wednesday, 26 June, one of the most curious matches in terms of betting will take place. The Slovak national team will play Romania. Both teams will be completely satisfied with a draw to get out of the group. The score is not important - 0:0 is quite enough. The Slovaks are quoted in the line as small favourites. The team has on average more players playing in the top leagues. So far, the tournament's opener is Schranz. The 30-year-old striker has scored two goals and shares the lead in the scorer's list. Slovakia was able to show a varied football. They played bravely against Belgium, although they clamped down in the end. The victory came at the expense of luck. The Belgians had a huge advantage in terms of chances. Ukraine had a very good first half. The Slovaks could have scored several goals, but were limited to one and were unprepared for the opponents' changes. Slovakia conceded two offensive goals. The national team's offence works very well: in the last ten matches they failed to score only once - against Austria. Romania looked quite modest against Belgium. It is possible that the team simply decided to save their energy for a more important match. The Belgians won with reserves, while Iordanescu's men played a lacklustre game in attack. Romania actually lacks a well-built positional attack. Before Euro 2024, the national team managed not to score even to Bulgaria and Liechtenstein. In the match against Ukraine, there were two gross mistakes by goalkeeper Lunin. Romania is a typical "grassroots" team even without any additional conditions: only one match for total more than 3.5 out of the last seven. There are also frequent bets on no goals exchanged: this option has worked in seven out of ten games. There have been no head-to-head matches for more than a decade. Surprisingly, the rivals have not met each other in official tournaments in the XXI century. Based on the odds, it is easy to imagine a draw, but the odds for such an outcome are already approaching 2.00. This is a record in the history of the Euro. There is no point in betting on a peaceful outcome, as there is no guarantee that the opponents will choose to act unfairly. Romanians are able to play exactly the second number. Most likely, the ball will go to Slovakia. Against the background of nervous tension, mistakes are not excluded. It will be difficult to overcome the dense defence of the opponent. Standard positions are also in Romania's favour. Ukraine managed to confuse them with the help of them. Here the level of the opponent is lower. There is also a hidden factor in favour of no draw. If, for example, in a parallel game Belgium will easily beat Ukraine, the teams can relax. At the moment, there is a possibility to get out of the group with three points