2016 UEFA Euro in France June 10 - July 10,2016 - Group A Romania Vs Switzerland Wednesday June 15,2016

 

Group A Romania  Vs Switzerland Match Preview

Victory at the Parc des Princes will ensure Switzerland reach the knock-out stage of the European Championship finals for the first time - and become the first side at Euro 2016 to guarantee their place in the last 16.
The Swiss made a flying start to their campaign, opening the scoring against Albania inside five minutes through Fabian Schar, but they surprisingly struggled to maintain that momentum - despite their opponents playing the final 54 minutes with 10 men.
Dimitri Payet's brilliant strike condemned Romania  to defeat in2016 UEFA Euro Opener

Match Facts

Head-to-head

• In 12 previous meetings each side has recoded five wins, with two draws.
• The only previous encounter at a major tournament was at the 1994 World Cup. The Swiss, coached by Roy Hodgson, beat Romania 4-1 in the group stage in Detroit.
• Romania have failed to score more than one goal in their last eight matches against Switzerland. The last time they netted more than one against them was in November 1968, in a 2-0 win.
• Gheorghe Grozav's goal for Romania proved to be the difference between these sides when they last met, in a friendly on Swiss soil in May 2012.

Romania

• They have only won one of 14 games at the European Championship - that was the 3-2 victory against England in 2000.
• Romania have also kept just one clean sheet at the tournament - in a 0-0 draw with France at Euro 2008.
• Bogdan Stancu was responsible for both of Romania's shots on target against France in the opening game, including the goal from the penalty spot.
• They have only won three of 12 games in the last year (D7, L2).

Switzerland

• Switzerland have won back-to-back European Championship finals matches without conceding. They had failed to win their previous eight games at the tournament, keeping just one clean sheet.
• Granit Xhaka created the joint-most goalscoring chances (three), made more passes (115) and had the most touches (129) of any player in Switzerland's opening game.
• Xherdan Shaqiri has had a hand in nine goals in his last eight competitive appearances for Switzerland (four goals, five assists)

Group A Switzerland drew 1-1 with Romania

Goal Scorers
For Romania - Bogdan Stancu(18th minute penalty)
For Switzerland - Admir Mehmedi(57)
 
Romania picked up their first point at Euro 2016 as Switzerland moved closer to securing a spot in the last 16 with a hard-fought draw at Parc des Princes

Haris Seferovic was the main culprit, missing two clear-cut opportunities before Bogdan Stancu's second penalty of the tournament gave Romania an 18th-minute lead.

Russian referee Sergei Karasev pointed to the spot after Stephan Lichsteiner grabbed a handful of Alexandru Chipciu's shirt inside the box, and Stancu netted despite stumbling as he struck the ball

Bogdan Stancu scored has scored his side's two goals in the competition - both from the penalty spot

 Match Statistics

• Romania's starting XI was their oldest in a European Championship finals match (29 years 305 days).
• Bogdan Stancu is only the third player to score more than one penalty in a Euros finals tournament (Arnesen in 1984 and Mendieta in 2000, two each).
• Romania are also the first side to win penalties in consecutive European Championship finals games since England (in 2000 v Romania and then in 2004 v France).
• Stancu has netted two goals in two games in Euro 2016 after failing to score in a competitive game for Romania since October 2014 (v Finland in the qualifiers).
• Admir Mehmedi is the first Switzerland player to score at both a European Championship finals (2016) and a World Cup finals (2014).
• Switzerland had 19 shots, the most they have ever managed in a Euros finals fixture.
• Romania have kept just one clean sheet in their 15 European Championship finals games (0-0 v France in June 2008).
• Four of Switzerland's seven goals at Euros finals have come from set-pieces (two penalties, two corners).