Cyprus 2–2 Romania
Cyprus
2–2HT 1–2
Romania
Cyprus played Romania in the World Cup - Qualification Europe on 9 September 2025 at GSP Stadium. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 2'D. Dragus
- 18'D. Dragus (assist by R. Marin)
- 21'Nicușor Bancu — Yellow card
- 29'L. Loizou (assist by G. Kastanos)
- 44'Andrei Burcă — Yellow card
- 48'Ioannis Kousoulos — Yellow card
- 54'Ioannis Pittas — Yellow card
- 76'C. Charalampous (assist by A. Kakoullis)
- 90'Charalampos Charalampous — Yellow card
Line-ups
Cyprus 4-2-3-1
- Fabiano Freitas
- A. Shikkis
- C. Sielis
- K. Laifis
- K. Pileas
- I. Kousoulos
- G. Kastanos
- L. Loizou
- I. Kosti
- M. Tzionis
- I. Pittas
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Mall
- N. Michail
- N. Panagiotou
- S. Andreou
- C. Charalampous
- G. Satsias
- Anderson Correia
- P. Sotiriou
- A. Kakoullis
- N. Koutsakos
- K. Artymatas
- C. Kyriakou
- COACHES: Apostolos Mantzios
Romania 4-1-4-1
- H. Moldovan
- A. Ratiu
- V. Ghita
- A. Burca
- N. Bancu
- M. Marin
- D. Man
- R. Marin
- N. Stanciu
- A. Dobre
- D. Dragus
- SUBSTITUTES
- S. Tarnovanu
- R. Sava
- M. Popescu
- A. Chipciu
- A. Sut
- S. Baiaram
- V. Screciu
- D. Miculescu
- F. Tanase
- D. Olaru
- A. Mitrita
- D. Sorescu
- COACHES: Mircea Lucescu
Match statistics
| Cyprus | Romania | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 18 | Total shots | 8 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 7 | Fouls | 21 |
| 7 | Corners | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 59% | Possession | 41% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 6 |
| 461 | Total passes | 329 |
| 393 | Accurate passes | 244 |
| 85% | Pass accuracy | 74% |
| 2.25 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.97 |