Poland VS Romania

Currently sitting third in their group with only 1 point collected from two outings, Poland head coach Jan Urban is facing mounting pressure to turn the side's form around. The side played out a goalless home stalemate with Bosnia in their opening fixture, holding a solid share of possession but failing to generate enough incisive attacking threat. They were then beaten 1-3 away by Sweden in their second group match, with their defensive unit repeatedly losing positional discipline when exposed to Sweden's direct vertical attacking runs. At the bottom of the same group with zero points and a -3 goal difference from two consecutive losses, Romania are in an even more precarious position. They lost 1-2 on the road to Sweden in their first match, before suffering a 2-4 home reversal at the hands of Bosnia. Manager Gheorghe Hagi has rolled out two almost entirely different starting lineups across the two games, switching from a three-centre-back system against Sweden to a four-man defensive setup against Bosnia, which clearly shows he is still in the phase of testing out his ideal tactical framework.