Thursday , 2 July 2026

France vs Romania, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
France
2 – 1
Full Time
Romania
Fri 10 Jun 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 32' Vlad Chiriches
Y 45' Razvan Rat
Olivier Giroud 69' Y
Y 78' Adrian Popa

Overview

Match Preview

France vs Romania — European Championship .

  • France 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Romania 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Adam Farkas
  • Referee Tamas Bognar
  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Viktor Kassai
  • Referee Gyorgy Ring
  • Referee Vencel Toth

Head-to-Head

3
1
3
France 7 games · Avg 2.4 goals Romania
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-10 France 2–1 Romania 2016-03-12 Romania 2–2 France 2015-10-16 France 2–1 Romania

Recent Form

France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jun Romania H 2–1 W
08 May FC Red Bull Salzburg A 2–0 W
30 Apr Germany H 1–0 W
23 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva A 2–0 W
19 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 2–1 W
16 Apr Ukraine A 3–2 W
Romania
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jun France A 1–2 L
08 May Turkey A 0–3 L
30 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva H 3–4 L
26 Apr FC Porto A 1–2 L
23 Apr Borussia Dortmund A 3–2 W
19 Apr FC Red Bull Salzburg H 1–2 L

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
France this season
25% Clean Sheets
Romania this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

France
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Romania
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
1/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Romania
Razvan Marin 2 G
Denis Dragus 1 G
Nicolae Stanciu 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against France and Romania has kicked off!
  • 5' Ovidiu Hoban has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 10' Romania seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' Olivier Giroud, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' It is a cagey affair so far. France in their trying to find a way past Romania's compact .
  • 25' France is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 32' Vlad Chiriches catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 32.
  • 37' France currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 42' It looks like no one’s ball. Romania is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 45' The referee has no hesitation. Razvan Rat is booked for Romania — Yellow card on 45.
  • 50' Romania international Mihai Pintilii has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 55' Antoine Griezmann has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 58' The deadlock is broken! Olivier Giroud gets on the scoresheet on 58 minutes.
  • 61' The supporters are chanting for Denis Alibec. He replaces Florin Andone on 61 minute.
  • 65' Bogdan Stancu adds to his 0 season tally! Romania lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 66' Kingsley Coman gets the nod from France. He replaces Antoine Griezmann and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 69' The referee shows France player a Yellow card on 69.
  • 72' Time for substitution for Romania. Nicolae Stanciu is replaced by Alexandru Chipciu.
  • 77' France make a change. Paul Pogba trudges off to be replaced by Anthony Martial on 77 minutes.
  • 78' Adrian Popa catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 78.
  • 82' It is a substitution in Romania team. Adrian Popa is replaced by Gabriel Torje on 82 minute.
  • 87' Adrian Popa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 89' Dimitri Payet does the damage! The net is bulging and France surge ahead!
  • 90' It is a substitution in France team. Dimitri Payet is replaced by Moussa Sissoko on 90 minute.
  • The points are shared — France 2-1 Romania. Honours even.

Lineups

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Romania Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anghel Iordanescu

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.68 France xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Romania xG
I would bet for: France to win 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
France55% Draw24% Romania21%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.76
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

France or Draw
80%
Draw or Romania
45%
France or Romania
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
France36% Draw46% Romania18%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.4%
1 – 0
9.8%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.8%
0 – 0
8.2%
1 – 2
5.9%
0 – 1
5.9%
3 – 1
5.2%
2 – 2
5%
3 – 0
4.8%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — France

Handicap France covers Push Romania covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 16% 72%
-1.5 28% — 72%
-1 28% 23% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 14% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

France keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
Romania keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.