It’s a top of the table clash in Group I on matchday four with top-placed Switzerland hosting second-placed Romania. This match will be played at the Swissporarena Stadium in Lucerne with the hosts on nine and the visitors on seven points. The Swiss started their campaign with a perfect run winning all three matches. After 5-0 and 3-0 wins over Belarus and Israel in the last rounds, the hosts started this round with a 2-1 win over Andorra. It wasn’t quite the usual rendezvous as they had to scratch for a 2-1 victory. That result extended their sequence of matches that produced over 2.5 goals with their last five games witnessing the same. Despite that struggle, the Swiss have been in very impressive form in the Euro qualifiers winning six in a row. The record is even more comprehensive in their home fixtures with Switzerland winning eight of their last nine home qualifying games.
Romania are just behind the Swiss in this campaign, starting the round two points behind them. That’s because of their 0-0 draw against Kosovo in the last round, sullying their start. The visitors have won against Andorra and Belarus in the previous rounds but now need to pull their socks against leaders. A loss here could make things tougher for them, as Israel start this round three points behind them. As they are expected to win against Andorra, Romania would need at least a point to stay in control of their top-two hopes. They need to improve their away form for this, though, as Romania have lost two and drew one of their last four away Euro qualifiers.