Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Romania
Match Time & Date:
10/06/2025
20:45
Prediction: 2-1
Cyprus
Romania will look to recover from a 2-1 loss to Austria when they take on Cyprus in their fourth group game. The Tricolori are eyeing their second win of the process and they will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. FCSB midfielder Florin Tanase is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in the Ernst Happel Stadion defeat, while midfielder Nicolae Stanciu serves a one-game ban.
The Cypriotes, on the other hand, kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over San Marino, while losing to Bosnia & Herzegovina in their second group game. As Akis Mantzios’ men are not regarded as good travellers, we predict that Romania are going to emerge triumphant in Tuesday’s qualifier. A man to keep an eye on in the away team will be Pieros Sotiriou, who has netted 12 goals in 65 appearances for the national team to date.
Highlighted Team (Cyprus):
Cyprus’ first match took place back in July, 1949, only one year after they became a member of FIFA. The Cypriotes played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv and seven days later they played their first international game. Cyprus suffered a 3-1 loss to Israel in Tel Aviv back then and in November, 1960 they had their first official match as an independent country.
The Cyprus national football team shared the spoils with Israel in the 1962 World Cup qualifier and three years later they recorded their first international win (3-1 over Greece). Cyprus suffered their biggest loss on May 21, 1969, with the team losing to West Germany 12-0 and in 2000 they hammered Andorra 5-0 which is considered the team’s biggest win.
The Cypriotes have yet to qualify for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the European Championship, but their victory over Bosnia in Zenica in the Euro 2016 qualifiers will be remembered. GSP Stadium in Nicosia is considered the national team’s home ground.
Finland
Poland
Latvia
Albania 
Netherlands 
Malta
Serbia
Andorra
Argentina
Colombia
Brazil
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