ROMANIA haven't reached the knockout stages of a major tournament since 2000 but stand a decent chance at Euro 2024 and will be out to fine tune their preparations in this friendly with Liechtenstein.
With Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine laying in wait at the finals in Germany, the Romanians will fancy their chances of getting beyond the group stage this summer.
They could only draw 0-0 with Bulgaria on Tuesday night in their first warm-up game, frustrating our man Mark after he had tipped them for a narrow win.
Liechtenstein are a drop down class from the Bulgarians and didn't put up much resistance against Albania on Monday, crashing to a 3-0 defeat as a scorer bet landed for our man Gabriel.
It's hard to see Konrad Fünfstück's men avoiding another comprehensive defeat here as Romania will be looking to hit form ahead of their group opener with Ukraine.
How the bookies view it: Another licking for Liechtenstein
It's no surprise to see Romania as red-hot favourites and they're just 1/22 at Bet365 for the win. Liechtenstein are a whopping 33/1 and even the draw is massive at 16/1.
Head to head: Stroll with it for Romania
These sides have only met four times before and Romania have won every game. Liechtenstein haven't even managed to score but they kept the scores respectable when these teams last met in qualifiers for the World Cup back in 2021. Both matches in that campaign ended in 2-0 scorelines.
Players to watch: Hagi out to get in the groove
With quite a quick turnaround from Tuesday's game with Bulgaria, I'd imagine Romanian boss Edward Iordănescu will make a few changes for this friendly. Playmaker Ianis Hagi came off the bench on Tuesday and could be handed a start here.
The Rangers midfielder, on loan at Alaves this season. is always a goal threat and three of his four goals this term have come in Romania's colours. He's 13/10 for anytime scorer.
Youngster Fabio Notaro came off the bench for Liechtenstein in midweek and could be handed a start here. The striker is 12/1 to grab Liechtenstein's first ever goal against the Romanians.
Probable teams
Iordănescu will want to give most of his players some game time in the final match before the Euros so expect changes from Tuesday. Liechtenstein might also experiment a little.
Romania: Nitja, Burca, Rus, Dragușin, Rațiu, Stanciu, Olaru, M Marin, Sorescu, Puscas, Hagi.
Liechtenstein: Ospelt, Jager, Goppel, N Beck, Lo Russo. Buchel, Ospelt, Saglam, Hasler, Luchinger, Notaro, Kindle.
Anything else catch the eye?
With Romania likely to make changes I'd be surprised if we saw a lot of goals in this friendly. Given that the last two meetings ended in 2-0 wins, there could be value in backing a Romanian win with under 3.5 goals at 6/5 in a bet builder.
Albania got the job done early in their friendly against Liechtenstein with all three goals coming before the 70th minute. Betting against a goal after 79 minutes could pay off here and it pays 5/6. Betting on most goals coming in the first period offer better odds as that pays 15/8.
This International Friendly match between Romania and Liechtenstein will be played on Jun 7, 2024 and kick off at 19:00. Check below for our tipsters best Romania vs Liechtenstein prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
