Romania vs Cyprus: 2026 World Cup Qualifier Prediction (11.06.2025)

On June 11, 2025, at 01:45 WIB, a World Cup qualifying match between Romania and Cyprus will take place at the “Arena Națională” stadium in Bucharest. Bookmakers consider the home team the clear favorite. Let’s analyze the current form of both teams and give our prediction for this match.

Romania

The Romanian national team performed excellently in the Nations League. The team won all six matches, easily finishing first in their group. As a result, Mircea Lucescu’s side was promoted to the second division, and their play inspired significant hope.
However, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the team encountered major difficulties. In the first three rounds, they only managed to collect points in the match against the obvious underdog San Marino (5-1). They lost the other two matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina (0-1) and Austria (0-2). Consequently, Romania dropped out of the top two in their group, and to keep their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup alive, they can’t afford to drop points against opponents like Cyprus.

Cyprus

The Cyprus national team is far from its best form—even by its own standards. In the last edition of the Nations League, they played in the third division, where they couldn’t compete against Kosovo and Romania, losing all their matches against those teams. The only points Cyprus earned came from matches against Lithuania, where they managed to win narrowly twice.
In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the team and its fans don’t have high hopes of making it out of the group. Nevertheless, they continue to fight for points and try to make the most of every opportunity. Cyprus’ qualifying group includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Austria, and San Marino. Against San Marino, Cyprus secured a solid 2-0 win. And in the match against Bosnia, although they lost 1-2, they looked decent and created problems for their opponent. Despite the obvious difficulties, the team occasionally shows character and can be competitive.

Statistics and Head-to-Head

The last time these teams met was in the fall of last year, facing each other twice in the Nations League. Romania convincingly won both matches—3-0 and 4-1.

Prediction

In the Romania vs Cyprus match, we predict a win for the home team. The teams show completely different levels of football. Moreover, they met fairly recently, allowing us to analyze their competitiveness. In this situation, the more interesting option is to bet on a Romania win with a –1.5 handicap at odds of 1.84.