The football match Romania vs Sweden will take place on Friday, November 15, 2019, in Group F of the preliminaries of the European 2020 Championship, at the “National Arena” stadium in Bucharest.

Romania missed the victory with Norway in overtime

Romania’s national team finished 1-1, with Norway, on the National Arena in Bucharest, in Group F of the EURO 2020 preliminaries. In front of almost 30,000 children, Romania missed the victory, but remained in the race for qualification. Alexandru Mitriţă (62) opened the scoring for “ours”, but in overtime, the Scandinavians equalized. The “tricolors” came after two victories, 1-0 at home with Malta and 3-0 away with the Faroe Islands. The team coached by Cosmin Contra is after 8 matches played in Group F on the 3rd place in the standings, with 14p, after Spain 20p and Sweden 15p. In the last Group F game, Romania will play with Spain at the “Wanda Metropolitano” stadium in Madrid.

Sweden will be at EURO 2020 if it does not lose in Bucharest

The representative of Sweden was very close to a victory in the match played at home with Spain, at the “Friends Arena” in Solna. In front of 49,712 spectators, the Swedes opened the scoring in the 50th minute through Marcus Berg, but the Spaniards Rodrigo equalized in the 90 + 2 minute. Prior to this match, the Scandinavians finished at 1-1 at home to Norway and won 4-0 away with Malta. The team coached by Janne Andersson is in second place in Group F, with 15p, 1p more than Sweden and would be practically qualified at EURO 2020, if they did not lose in Romania, because in the last game of the preliminaries they will have to fulfill a simple formality in Solna with the Faroe Islands.

10 Romanian-Sweden meetings

⚽️ 01.09.1935 Stockholm: Sweden vs Romania 7-1 (1-0) friendly

⚽️ 06/27/1937 Bucharest: Romania vs Sweden 2-2 (1-2) friendly

⚽️ 06/15/1955 Gothenburg: Sweden vs Romania 4-1 (2-0) friendly

⚽️ 06.06.1956 Bucharest: Romania vs Sweden 0-2 (0-1) friendly

⚽️ 08.09.1982 Bucharest: Romania vs Sweden 2-0 (1-0) EC preliminaries 1984

⚽️ 06.06.1983 Solna: Sweden vs Romania 0-1 (0-1) EC preliminaries 1984

⚽️ 06/14/1994 Newport Beach (USA): Romania vs Sweden 1-1 (0-0) friendly

⚽️ 10.07.1994 San Francisco (USA): Romania vs Sweden 2-2 (1-1, 0-0) 4-5p, CM USA 1994

⚽️ 03/27/2018 Craiova: Romania vs Sweden 1-0 (0-0) friendly

⚽️ 23.03.2019 Solna: Sweden vs Romania 2-1 (2-0) EC 2020 preliminaries

Romania vs Sweden Picks

If Romania had not scored in the overtime from Alexander Sørloth in the match with Norway, he would now have played with Sweden on the table. For the “tricolors” everything is clear, to qualify for EURO 2020, they need to defeat Sweden at home with 1-0 or at least 2 goals difference and get a point in Spain. Any victory of Romania to a goal, apart from 1-0 and 2-1, benefits Sweden, which would have more goals scored in the direct matches. For Sweden it is much easier to reach the final tournament, because it needs a draw in Romania. The next game of the Scandinavians is a mere formality, because they will play at home with the Faroe Islands. Norway is practically out of the race, because it would make 17p at the end, and if the Swedes beat the Faroese, it would have 18. In conclusion, Romania is obliged to win now with Sweden, but it remains to be seen if it can do so. It would not even be fair to reach EURO 2020 by winning only with the Maltese and the Faroe Island. The Romanians will have the support of 50,000 supporters, but they must make a perfect match to win with “Blågult”, not to forget, they left home to Holland and Italy at the 2018 CM.

Our Prediction: Over 1.5

Odds: 1.87