BUCUREșTI. Romania and Iceland didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Romania was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadionul Granitul stadium in București on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Karasev with the support of Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin. The 4th official was Kirill Levnikov. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Romania had a superior ball possession 63% while Iceland was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Romania was was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Romania to win the match.
Romania shot 23 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Iceland shot 8 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Romania received 1 yellow card (A. Ratiu). On the opposite side, Iceland received 1 yellow card (I. Johannesson).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this contest, Romania will have 14 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Iceland will have 9 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Romania will play away against Liechtenstein on the 14th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Romania (0 draws).
Iceland will play away agasint North Macedonia on the 14th of November with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Romania – Formation
Romania
68'
59'
Romania adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Mirel Matei Radoi decided to play with the following team: Florin Niță , Andrei Rațiu , Vlad Chiricheş , Ionuț Nedelcearu , Alin Toșca , Alexandru Cicâldău , Răzvan Marin , Nicolae Stanciu , Ianis Hagi , Denis Alibec and Florin Tănase .
The home team had on the bench: Andrei Ivan , Nicușor Bancu , Adrian Rus, Alexandru Maxim , Cristian Manea, Dragoș Nedelcu, Mihai Aioani, Dennis Man, Andrei Vlad, Olimpiu Moruțan , George Pușcaș and Andrei Burcă.
Substitutions
Romania made 5 changes: A. Tosca for N. Bancu (67′), D. Alibec for A. Ivan (67′), N. Stanciu for O. Morutan (67′), F. Tanase for A. Maxim (77′) and A. Cicaldau for G. Puscas (86′).
Best player: Andrei Rațiu
The most impressive player for Romania was Andrei Rațiu.
His rating is with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.
Iceland – Formation
Iceland
Also Iceland adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Arnar Viðarsson played with: Elías Rafn Ólafsson , Alfons Sampsted , Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason , Daniel Leo Gretarsson , Ari Freyr Skúlason , Stefán Teitur Þórðarson , Birkir Bjarnason , Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson , Albert Guðmundsson , Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen and Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson .
These were the players on the bench: Birkir Már Sævarsson, Ísak Óli Ólafsson, Aron Elis Thrándarson, Mikael Ellertsson, Gudmundur Thórarinsson , Andri Fannar Baldursson, Patrik Sigurdur Gunnarsson, Arnór Traustason, Andri Gudjohnsen , Þórir Jóhann Helgason , Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson and Ari Leifsson.
Iceland could not rely on the presence of G. Thorarinsson (injured).
Substitutions
Iceland made 5 changes: A. Skulason for G. Thorarinsson (15′), S. Thordarson for T. Helgason (74′), S. Gudjohnsen for A. Gudjohnsen (74′), A. Gudmundsson for M. E. Ellertsson (90′) and I. Johannesson for A. Thrandarson (90′).
Best player: Elías Rafn Ólafsson
The player that probably impressed the most for Iceland was the goalkeeper: Elías Rafn Ólafsson. His rating is 8.55. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Azerbaijan – Luxembourg – 1-3
- Russia – Cyprus – 6-0
- Armenia – North Macedonia – 0-5
- Georgia – Sweden – 2-0
- Republic of Ireland – Portugal – 0-0
- Malta – Croatia – 1-7
- Slovakia – Slovenia – 2-2
- Germany – Liechtenstein – 9-0
- Romania – Iceland – 0-0
- Greece – Spain – 0-1
