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Romania vs Switzerland, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
Romania
1 – 1
Full Time
Switzerland
Wed 15 Jun 2016 · 16:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Andrei Prepelita 22' Y
Alexandru Chipciu 23' Y
Claudiu Keseru 37' Y
Y 50' Granit Xhaka
Dragos Grigore 76' Y
Y 90' Breel Embolo

Overview

Match Preview

Romania vs Switzerland — European Championship .

Match Details

  • Referee Aliaksei Kulbakov
  • Referee Sergey Ivanov
  • Referee Sergey Karasev
  • Referee Nikolay Golubev
  • Referee Tikhon Kalugin
  • Referee Marcos dos Santos Brito

Head-to-Head

1
Romania 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Switzerland
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-15 Romania 1–1 Switzerland

Recent Form

Romania
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun Switzerland H 1–1 D
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
Switzerland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun Romania A 1–1 D
11 Jun Albania A 1–0 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
Romania this season
20% Clean Sheets
Switzerland this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Romania
Razvan Marin 2 G
Denis Dragus 1 G
Nicolae Stanciu 1 G
Switzerland
Breel Embolo 2 G
Michel Aebischer 1 G 2 A
Xherdan Shaqiri 1 G
Kwadwo Duah 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Romania is hosting Switzerland for another epic battle.
  • 5' It’s high time Anghel Iordanescu made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 18' Bogdan Stancu puts Romania on the lead.
  • 22' The referee calls foul for Andrei Prepelita. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 23' Romania receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 23.
  • 28' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Shani Tarashaj suffering a number of foals already.
  • 33' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Switzerland needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 37' A meaty challenge results in booking for Claudiu Keseru on 37.
  • 42' 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.
  • 46' It is a substitution in Romania team. Mihai Pintilii is replaced by Ovidiu Hoban on 46 minute.
  • 50' A meaty challenge results in booking for Granit Xhaka on 50.
  • 55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Breel Embolo, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 57' What an equalizer from Admir Mehmedi!
  • 61' Another substitution for Romania to replace Razvan Rat by Steliano Filip on 61 minute.
  • 63' Switzerland manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Breel Embolo is hanging Haris Seferovic on the field on 63 minute.
  • 68' It looks like no one’s ball. Switzerland is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 73' Valon Behrami needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 76' Romania player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 81' It looks surprising Switzerland does not make any changes. Stephan Lichtsteiner has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 83' The Romania manager makes a substitution. Bogdan Stancu departs to be replaced by Florin Andone.
  • 88' Romania is showing some good football. However, Romania are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 90' The referee calls foul for Breel Embolo. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 90' Another substitution for Switzerland to replace Xherdan Shaqiri by Shani Tarashaj on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Romania Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anghel Iordanescu

Switzerland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.22 Romania xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.23 Switzerland xG
I would bet for: Romania or Switzerland 70% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Romania36% Draw30% Switzerland34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.45
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 44%
56%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Romania or Draw
66%
Draw or Switzerland
64%
Romania or Switzerland
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Romania25% Draw49% Switzerland26%
Actual: Romania win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
10.7%
0 – 1
9.5%
1 – 0
9.3%
1 – 2
7.7%
2 – 1
7.6%
0 – 2
6.4%
2 – 0
6.2%
2 – 2
4.8%
1 – 3
3.2%
3 – 1
3.1%
0 – 3
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Romania

Handicap Romania covers Push Switzerland covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 19% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 20% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Romania keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Switzerland keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

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