Romania:

Romania is currently ranked 4th in the World Championship Qualification Group E, with 9 points accumulating after 8 games.
Our national crosses a very weak period. After a tough victory over Armenia (score 1-0), former students of C. Daum suffered a failure on the Montenegrin field, failure that compromised our chances to qualify.
Bogdan Stancu is the team’s top scorer in this qualifying campaign, with the two goals scored so far.
This duel assumes Cosmin Contra debut on the national bank. Along with this, some new names will appear as well, such as George Tucudean or Alexandru Ionita II. Besides, the veteran of the Bogdan Lobont team was convoked for a psychological role in the locker room.

Kazakhstan:

On the other side, Kazakhstan is ranked 6th in this qualifying group, and the team managed to score 2 points after 8 rounds.
The guests cross a very poor period, with 5 consecutive defeats in qualifying. Previously, kazacii gave up on the field of the Polish, with the score of 1-0.
S. Khizhnichenko is the best marker of his nation in this qualifying group, which managed to score 2 times in 8 games.
National Kazakhstan has the weakest defensive of this group, with 22 goals scored so far.