Armenia vs Romania Predictions & Tips - Armenia 2-0 in World Cup qualifiers

Armenia vs Romania predictions for Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier
The Group J clash is being played at 5pm BST at Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium
Armenia are undefeated in their last 7 matches
I am backing a draw with Romania undefeated in 4 of their last 5 matches
Preview, predictions, stats, squads & team news

Armenia are undefeated in their last 7 matches (Getty Images)

Eddy Tora 29 Mar 2021

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Armenia vs Romania Predictions

Armenia have been hard to beat under Joaquín Caparrós, undefeated in their last seven matches. Romania could be content to leave Yerevan with a draw.

Armenia are undefeated in their last 7 matches (all competitions).
Armenia are undefeated in their last 3 matches (World Cup qualifiers).
Armenia have won their last 4 matches (all competitions).
Armenia have won to nil in their last 3 matches (all competitions).
Romania are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 matches (all competitions).
Romania are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 matches (World Cup qualifiers).

Head to Head

Romania have a 4-0 record against Armenia with one draw in five matches.

They last met in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Romania winning 5-0 in Armenia and 1-0 at home.

Armenia Form

Armenia finished top of Group 2, League C in the UEFA Nations League. They won three of their six matches with two draws and one defeat.

Joaquín Caparrós’ side won their last two matches to snatch top spot. Armenia won 2-1 in Georgia and 1-0 at home against North Macedonia.

Armenia started their World Cup qualification campaign with a 1-0 win in Liechtenstein thanks to a late own goal. They had 69% possession and 26-0 shots.

Armenia’s last match was a 2-0 home win against Iceland. Tigran Barseghyan opened the scoring before assisting Khoren Bayramyan for the second goal.

Armenia Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Arsen Beglaryan, David Yurchenko, Anatoli Ayvazov

Defenders: Varazdat Haroyan, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Taron Voskanyan, André Calisir, Hayk Ishkhanyan, Arman Hovhannisyan, Serob Grigoryan, Hakob Hakobyan, Jordy Monroy, Erik Simonyan

Midfielders: Gevorg Ghazaryan, Kamo Hovhannisyan, Tigran Barseghyan, Artak Grigoryan, Edgar Babayan, Karen Muradyan, Petros Avetisyan, Khoren Bayramyan, Vahan Bichakhchyan, Solomon Udo, Yuri Gareginyan, Zhirayr Shagoyan, Aram Kocharyan, Eduard Spertsyan

Forwards: Sargis Adamyan, Aleksandre Karapetian, Norberto Briasco-Balekian, Artur Miranyan

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is injured and wasn’t called up.

Romania Form

Romania finished third in Group 1, League B in the UEFA Nations League. They won two, drew two and lost two of their six matches.

Mirel Radoi’s side finished their Nations League campaign with a 3-0 home win against Norway and 1-1 draw in Northern Ireland.

Romania started their World Cup qualification campaign with a 3-2 home win against North Macedonia. They went 2-0 up but needed an 85th minute goal from Ianis Hagi to get the win.

Romania’s last match was a 1-0 home defeat to Germany on Sunday. They were on the back foot for much of the contest with goalkeeper Florin Constantin Nita man of the match.

Romania Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Florin Niță, David Lazar, Andrei Radu

Defenders: Vlad Chiricheș (Captain), Alin Toșca, Nicușor Bancu, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Andrei Burcă, Vasile Mogoș, Camora, Ovidiu Popescu

Midfielders: Alexandru Maxim, Nicolae Stanciu, Răzvan Marin, Ianis Hagi, Alexandru Cicâldău, Eric Bicfalvi, Dennis Man, Florin Tănase, Alexandru Crețu, Valentin Mihăilă

Forwards: Robert Skov, Martin Braithwaite, Jonas Wind, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yussuf Poulsen, Claudiu Keșerü, George Pușcaș

Goalkeeper Ciprian Tătărușanu recently retired with Florin Constantin Nita the new number one.