Football Bet of the Day: Back Romania to nullify Northern Ireland

• Romania have conceded once in their last five games
  

• Northern Ireland have blanked in 6/8 recent defeats
  

• Back Romania to win and keep a clean sheet
  

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Romania v Northern Ireland
Friday 19:45 (Live on Viaplay Online)

In Bosnia last night, Ukraine scored two late goals to give themselves a 2-1 win and us an Over 2.5 Goals winner.

We're in Bucharest today for the international friendly between Romania and Northern Ireland. The hosts are on a long unbeaten run and we fancy them to extend it against their out-of-form visitors...

Northern Ireland missed out on Euro 2024 by a wide margin, so for Michael O'Neill's men this game is preparation for the autumn's Nations League.

Romania are headed to the Euros after an unbeaten qualifying campaign, so the preparations are slightly more urgent for Edward Iordanescu.

Romania conceded just once across their final five qualifiers, and only five times in 10 matches overall. They went W4-D1-L0 on their own patch, with only Israel able to avoid defeat.

The Irish have lost eight of their last 11 matches. Discount a couple of wins over San Marino, and they have lost 8/9. They failed to score in 6/8 defeats.

With the usual caveat for friendlies that there may be some experimenting with personnel and tactics by the coaches, we'll take Romania to win and shut out Northern Ireland tonight.

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