Romania vs Israel Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th September 2023

The spotlight is on Romania and Israel when they go toe-to-toe at Arena Nationala, for an exciting match on Saturday. It is one of the many matches in round five of the European Championship group stage, with teams fighting to secure qualification.

It finished all square when Romania last faced Israel. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 2-2 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5.

Before the fifth round of the group stage, Romania are positioned as number two with eight points, while Israel, having picked up seven points, rank as number three.

Israel travel to this game against Romania as number 76 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number 48.

It appears that Romania stands a strong chance of taking the top spot in their group, with it being a two-team race. Even if they do not come out on top, missing out on second place and qualification should never be in any danger.

Whilst outsiders to top their group Israel still seem to have a decent opportunity to at least qualify for the knock-out stage. Though a tough group, we certainly shouldn't count them out.

Romania vs Israel Prediction

Romania Form

Aming to remain unbeaten, Romania managed to beat Belarus 2-1, before drawing 0-0 with Kosovo. Most recently, they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Switzerland. Romania claimed three wins in their previous six internationals. They drew two and lost one games while scoring 12 goals to five against.

Israel Form

Israel won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 3-0 against Switzerland, before beating Belarus 1-2. Another win followed, this time by 2-1 against Andorra. Israel won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 11 while also conceding 11 times.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Romania get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Israel.

It has been five consecutive matches now for Romania without defeat.

Amazingly, Israel failed to keep a clean sheet in their 19 last matches.

Romania vs Israel Team News

Romania vs Israel H2H

When they last played an international match against each other - on 29 March 2022 - they both came away with a point in a 2-2 draw. Romania claimed one win, while Israel picked up two wins in the previous four matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 12/5.

Romania vs Israel Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out twice in the last four matches between Romania and Israel.

Romania vs Israel Betting Tips

Valentin Mihaila has been the most productive European Championship scorer for the home side, having scored two in recent games. Romania no doubt hope he will continue to be a threat in their upcoming match, while Israel will be expecting Tai Baribo to add to his tally of two European Championship goals in his latest game.

Arena Nationala saw five wins for Romania in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew one and lost four, while Israel won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing one and losing six. Both teams hit the back of the net in six of the last 10 matches for Romania on home soil. Both scored at least once in five of the previous 10 away games for Israel.

In the past four encounters between Romania and Israel over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Romania scoring an average of one goal per game. Israel averaged 1.5 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Romania’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Israel, who managed to hit the net 1.8 times on average in these games.