Italy U21 vs Romania U21 prediction: EUROPE: Euro U21 betting tips on match 2025-06-10 19:00.
[p]With their senior team once again struggling, Italy U21s will be hoping to fill the void and give their supporters something to cheer about as they arrive at the UEFA European U21 Championships in Slovakia. They enter the tournament as one of the stronger sides according to the bookmakers, as they look to overtake Spain outright for the most European U21 competitions won in history (both five). [/p]
[p]Their 2025 campaign begins against Romania, a nation who they have lost to just twice in their previous ten H2Hs (W7, D1). That run has seen Italy concede only eight goals, though in recent times it has been their defensive struggles that have troubled them against other opponents, as they arrive here on the back of a five-match winless sequence starting in October last year (D4, L1). [/p]
[p]That will serve as music to the ears of Romania, especially as they are one of the rank outsiders in the competition. That is partly due to their relative lack of pedigree at this tournament, with this just the fifth time that they have reached the U21 Euros, falling at the group stage in each of the last two editions after reaching the semi-finals in 2019. [/p]
[p]Romania enter the tournament in high spirits at least, having won six of their eight games since the beginning of 2024 (L2), which included victory in their warm-up match for this competition against Georgia last week (1-0). That performance once again highlighted their defensive solidity, with four of their last six wins coming by a 1-0 scoreline. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Wilfried Gnonto enters this tournament as one of Italy’s star players, having scored five goals in his 13 appearances for the U21s, four of which came in the first half. Romania’s Louis Munteanu also has five goals to his name at this level, while he struck 23 times across 35 matches in the Romanian top flight for CFR Cluj in 2024/25! [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Each of Italy’s last five internationals have seen both teams score, with the opening goal coming before the half-hour mark each time.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]