Romania vs Montenegro Predictions & Tips - Host Nation to Win in the European U19 Championship

Alex Waite

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Last updated: 13 Jun 2025

Alex Waite 13 Jun 2025

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Romania are the host nation and will be seeking a strong start
Montenegro face a step up in quality compared to recent opponents
An opening European U19 Championship win is tipped for the Tricolours

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Romania have won 6 of their last 12 games (Getty)

Romania vs Montenegro Preview

Romania’s players compete at a higher level than Montenegro and the host nation will want to make a positive start. A victory for the Tricolours has the best value in this European U19 Championship opener.

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Romania Form
Romania Injuries & Team News
Montenegro Form
Montenegro Injuries & Team News

Stats

Romania have won 6 of their last 12 games.
Montenegro have lost 6 of their last 11 matches.

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Montenegro beat Romania 1-0 in the only previous encounter between the sides.

Romania Form

Romania automatically qualified for the European U19 Championship as the host nation.

The Tricolours are in decent long-term form and are undefeated in nine of their previous 12 matches. Romania last played in March in a double header against Switzerland U20 and won the first game 1-0.

The Eastern European side held Switzerland to a 3-3 draw in the second match. Corrado Fulga scored first and Romania conceded three before Ioan Vermesan and Ianis Tarba struck two late goals.

Romania Injuries & Team News

Ioan Vermesan scored two goals in his final four matches of the season for Verona under-20s. He is in line to start on Friday.

Goalkeepers: Rafael Munteanu, Mate Simon

Defenders: Alin Chintes, Darius Falcusan, Razvan-Alin Calugar, Emanuel Marincau, Mario-Alexandru Baraitaru, Matei Marin, Raul-Eliano Marița

Midfielders: Ianis Tarba, Luca-Daniel Szimionas, David Matei, David Pacuraru, Ionut Cercel, Constantin Basceanu, Remus-Gabriel Gutea

Forwards: Jason Kodor, Vlad-Steven Danciutiu, Ioan Vermesan, David Barbu

Montenegro Form

Montenegro will compete in their first-ever Euros U19 finals. They qualified as Group 8 runners-up to Italy before topping Group 2 in the second stage.

The Brave Falcons ended their qualifying campaign with back-to-back wins. This mini-run began with a 1-0 win over Poland.

Slobodan Draskovic’s side concluded the qualifiers with a 3-1 away victory in Georgia. Montenegro conceded first before Marko Perovic, Andrej Camaj and Andrej Kostic scored to seal the win.

Montenegro Injuries & Team News

Andrej Camaj and Andrej Kostic have scored four goals between them in Montenegro’s last six games.

Goalkeepers: Ognjen Milovic, Tomas Durovic

Defenders: Milos Vracar, Lazar Maras, Bojan Damjanovic, Bodin Tomasevic, Aleksa Karadzic, Lazar Sekularac

Midfielders: Stefan Dukanovic, Danilo Vukanic, Lazar Zlaticanin, Danilo Cetkovic, Vuk Vlahovic, Lazar Savovic, Petar Jaukovic

Forwards: Marko Perovic, Marko Tadic, Andrej Camaj, Filip Perovic, Andrej Kostic

Verdict

Romania U19 v Montenegro U19

Romania built some decent form in their pre-Euro 2025 friendlies and can keep the momentum rolling against Montenegro. A Tricolours win is the best pick in this opening clash.

Romania Win

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