Romania welcome Greece to the Steaua Bucharest Stadium in an international friendly fixture on Friday.The two sides were eliminated from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers last year, finishing third in Group J and Group B respectively. After the game, the hosts travel to Israel on Tuesday while Greece will take on Montenegro on Monday.This will be the first game for both sides since November, when Romania recorded a 2-0 win over Liechtenstein and Greece were held to a 1-1 draw in their final World Cup qualification fixtures.Ethniki Omada@EthnikiOmadaΟι κλήσεις της Εθνικής 🤩 #𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #🅑🅛🅤🅔🅕🅞🅞🅣🅛🅐🅝🅓 #🅕🅡🅘🅔🅝🅓🅛🅨🅜🅐🅣🅒🅗6:35 AM · Mar 16, 20225711Οι κλήσεις της Εθνικής 🔵⚪️🤩 #𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 #🅑🅛🅤🅔🅕🅞🅞🅣🅛🅐🅝🅓 #🅕🅡🅘🅔🅝🅓🅛🅨🅜🅐🅣🅒🅗 https://t.co/wqCYAuLSQVRomania vs Greece Head-to-HeadThe two Balkan rivals have locked horns 34 times across all competitions. Though Romania have historically been the better side in this fixture, the two sides have been evenly matched in their last 15 games, with five wins apiece and five games ending in draws.Overall, the hosts lead 18-6 in wins and 10 games have ended in draws. They last squared off in the Euro 2016 qualifiers in 2015 at the National Arena in Bucharest.Romania form guide (World Cup qualifiers): W-D-W-L-DGreece form guide (World Cup qualifiers): D-L-L-W-WRomania vs Greece Team NewsRomania A 26-man squad was announced by Edward Iordănescu for the two friendly games against Greece and Israel. Goalkeeper Florin Iacob was ruled out due to a positive COVID-19 test. He was replaced by Horațiu Moldovan in the initial lineup.There are no reported injuries or suspensions for Tricolorii. Dennis Man, Andrei Ivan and Nicușor Bancu did not train with the squad due to flu-like symptoms and their involvement here is doubtful.Echipa Națională@hai_romaniaSelecționerul Edward Iordănescu a anunțat lotul pentru primele sale meciuri pe banca naționalei, cu Grecia, 25 martie, și Israel, 29 martie!Lista jucătorilor convocați bit.ly/3IqYkc511:07 AM · Mar 19, 2022314Selecționerul Edward Iordănescu a anunțat lotul pentru primele sale meciuri pe banca naționalei, cu Grecia, 25 martie, și Israel, 29 martie!Lista jucătorilor convocați 👉 bit.ly/3IqYkc5 https://t.co/SrZ0q7iuvtInjuries: NoneDoubtful: Dennis Man, Andrei Ivan, Nicușor BancuSuspension: NoneUnavailable: Florin Iacob (COVID-19)Greece Kostas Stafylidis was ruled out with a knee injury last week and was replaced in the squad by Lefteris Lyratzis. Marios Vrousai and Giorgos Masouras tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week and have been omitted from the squad.Tasos Chatzigiovanis was called up as a replacement. Dimitris Limnios did not train with an illness and is a doubt.Injuries: Kostas StafylidisDoubtful: Dimitris LimniosSuspension: NoneUnavailable: Marios Vrousai, Giorgos Masouras (COVID-19)Romania vs Greece Predicted XIRomania Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Florin Nita (GK); Andrei Ratiu, Vlad Chiriches, Ionut Nedelcearu, Andrei Burcă; Valentin Mihăilă, Florin Tănase; Ianis Hagi, Alexandru Cicaldau, Alexandru Maxim; George PuscasGreece Predicted XI (3-5-2): Odysseas Vlachodimos (GK); Dimitris Goutas, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Georgos Tzavellas; Lazaros Rota, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Manolis Siopis, Andreas Bouchalakis, Kostas Tsimikas; Vangelis Pavlidis, Marios Vrousai$50 Risk-Free Bet + up to $1,000 Deposit Match at DraftKings SBRomania vs Greece PredictionRomania are unbeaten in their last three games and will be looking forward to extending this run. Greece have just one win to their name in their previous trips to Romania and might struggle here.While it is just a friendly game, both sides are expected to contest it well. Nonetheless, we believe that Romania will come out on top.Prediction: Romania 2-1 Greece