Romania vs Lithuania PREVIEW & PREDICTION 17/11/2018

In the League of Nations, on Saturday, 17 noeimbrie, will be played RomaniaLithuania. Confrontation will take place on the Ilea Oana arena in Ploiesti, starting at 19:45. After the incidents of the game against Serbia, the UEFA discipline commission decided that the game should be clashed with closed gates. The Federation was also fined with 73,000 euros.

In the last confrontation of the group, the tricolori managed to keep the Serbs up despite having evolved with a man in a minus period of a half. But the draw at the end, 0-0, did not help us too much. The third place in the group, Cosmin Contra’s band is now shaking even for a second position. Especially since the last match will be in Montenegro, second place. The position occupied at the end of this campaign counts for the value box of which we will be part of the Euro2020 preliminaries.

Ianis Hagi was convoked for the first time at the national team. Besides, Cosmin Contra decided to go to the hands of several eligible U21 players, such as Alexandru Paşcanu, Cicâldău, Răzvan Marin, Nedelcearu, Băluţă and George Puşcaş. Andrei Ivan, also summoned, injured his club team and remains to be seen if he will be recovered in time. Denis Drăguş, who was seconded to the big national team in double with Serbia, was left to the team under 21 years. Romania U21 will play in Cluj against Belgian U21 on Thursday.

After this confrontation, Romania will be playing in Podgorica against Montenegro on Tuesday, November 20, in what will be the decisive duel for the second position in the group.

In the tournament, Romania scored 2-1, after Chipciu and Maxim scored in minutes of 13 and 90 + 4 respectively. It was the 11th success achieved in the 12 direct matches recorded so far.


PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.74

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