Friendly

Romania 3–0 Russia

Wednesday 26 Mar 2008 · Bucharest, Romania

Romania3–0Russia

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Marica Niculae Niculae

44′1–0Ciprian Marica Romania
60′2–0Daniel Niculae Romania
75′3–0Marius Constantin Niculae Romania

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Romania

12Marius PopaGK
2Cosmin ContraDF ↓70′
3Razvan RatDF
4Gabriel TamasDF ↓35′
5Cristian ChivuDF ↓46′
15Dorin GoianDF
6Mirel Matei RadoiMF
7Florentin PetreMF ↓62′
11Razvan CocisMF
9Ciprian MaricaFW● ↓46′
10Adrian MutuFW ↓46′

Came on

8Ovidiu PetreMF↑35′
20Nicolae Marius DicaMF↑46′
18Marius Constantin NiculaeFW●↑46′
21Daniel NiculaeFW●↑46′
14Banel NicolitaMF↑62′
16George OgararuDF↑70′

Russia

Came on

19Roman PavlyuchenkoFW↑59′
7Dmitri TorbinskyMF↑61′
26Dmitri SychevFW↑65′

No cards.

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Romania: 1893 → 1901
Russia: 1794 → 1786

Expected score for Romania: 75.9% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 10 of 11, 1957–2016.

Romania wins: 4
Draws: 2
Russia wins: 5

Form either side

Romania

Before

1–0 v Netherlands 13 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
2–0 v Luxembourg 17 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
0–1 v Bulgaria 17 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
6–1 v Albania 21 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
0–1 v Israel 6 Feb 2008 · Friendly

After

4–0 v Montenegro 31 May 2008 · Friendly
0–0 v France 9 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008
1–1 v Italy 13 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008
0–2 v Netherlands 17 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008
1–0 v Latvia 20 Aug 2008 · Friendly

Russia

Before

3–0 v North Macedonia 8 Sep 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
0–3 v England 12 Sep 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
2–1 v England 17 Oct 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
1–2 v Israel 17 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007
1–0 v Andorra 21 Nov 2007 · UEFA Euro qualification 2007

After

6–0 v Kazakhstan 23 May 2008 · Friendly
2–1 v Serbia 28 May 2008 · Friendly
4–1 v Lithuania 4 Jun 2008 · Friendly
1–4 v Spain 10 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008
1–0 v Greece 14 Jun 2008 · UEFA Euro 2008

Every Romania v Russia match11

From Romania's side.


15 Nov 2016	Russia	0–1	Away	Friendly	—
26 Mar 2008	Russia	3–0	Home	Friendly	—
29 Aug 1990	Russia	2–1	Away	Friendly	—
9 Jun 1990	Russia	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1990	Group stage
23 Apr 1986	Russia	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
7 Aug 1985	Russia	0–2	Away	Friendly	—
14 Oct 1979	Russia	1–3	Away	Friendly	—
14 May 1978	Russia	0–1	Home	Friendly	—
29 Nov 1975	Russia	2–2	Home	Friendly	—
18 Apr 1973	Russia	0–2	Away	Friendly	—
1 Jun 1957	Russia	1–1	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN