Belgium vs Romania | UEFA Euros 2024 | Pre Match
Belgium vs Romania
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Belgium and Romania will be meeting at a major tournament for the first time. This is their first encounter since a Bucharest friendly in November 2012 – Romania won 2-1.
2
The head-to-head between Belgium and Romania is perfectly balanced with five wins each and two draws. In recent times, Belgium have won only won of their last five matches against Romania (D1 L3), a 2-1 friendly win in November 2011.
3
Belgium are looking to avoid losing their first two matches at a UEFA European Championship tournament for the very first time. They last did so at a major tournament back in 1930 at the inaugural World Cup.
4
Following their 3-0 win on MD1 of this year’s UEFA European Championship, Romania could win two matches in the same major tournament (World Cup/EUROs) for just the third time after the 1994 (3 wins) and 1998 (2 wins) World Cup finals.
5
Following a run of 13 wins in 14 group stage matches at major tournaments (L1 - World Cup/EUROs), Belgium have since gone three such games without a win (D1 L2) for the first time since a four-game run across EURO 2000 and World Cup 2002 (D2 L2).
