Romania take on the visitors Belarus in the round 2 match of UEFA Euro 2024 qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, March 28th at Arena Națională (Bucharest).
The Romanian national team has an excellent opportunity to qualify for the continental tournament next year. Their qualifying group is more than manageable. Only Switzerland appears to be a difficult opponent, but they can handle the others quite steadily and confidently. Predictably, Romania earned three points in the first round as they defeated the modest Andorra 2-0 as the away team. As for the upcoming match, the opponent will be of a similar level as Andorra. Belarus has completely degraded, and now they are simply providing points for all the other teams on the continent. Thus, bookmakers do not expect any particular intrigue, offering an overtly modest coefficient for the home team in this match. And that will likely be the case.
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Well, another shameful qualification has begun for Belarus. Everything became clear in the first round, and it can be confidently stated that even with Andorra, Belarus did not have much chance of earning three points. Switzerland is, of course, a strong team, but not to such an extent that they would already be losing 0-3 by the 25th minute of the match. The fact that Switzerland stopped themselves, and the final score of that match was 0-5, saved Belarus from an even larger scoreline such as 0-8 or worse. And there is nothing particularly surprising about this, as for several qualifying cycles in a row, Belarus has been failing frequently. They fully burned out, losing 0-8 to Belgium, and also losing 7 out of 8 matches in their group. Therefore, the match against the strong Romanians will also not bring anything good for Georgy Kondratyev's team. Losing by a couple of goals will be an acceptable outcome for them.
The odds for Romania to win outright are too modest, so it may be worth considering a handicap bet. I will go for the modest option: Handicap (-1), but I fully admit that the away team may lose by a much larger scoreline. Because Belarus does not even measure up to the level of a "modest middle-level" team, and they can fail in any match. My bet: Handicap (-1) for Romania.
Prediction for the match: Romania to win with -1.0 handicap.
