The clash between Hungary and The Netherlands is certainly one of the more interesting matches of Wednesday’s Nations League catalogue. Two teams featured in the last European Championships, albeit with varying degrees of success, will now look to make the most of their Nations League campaign.
Hungary Team News
For Hungary, their UNL campaign started on the wrong foot. A 5-0 dismantling by the likes of Germany was followed by a goalless home draw with the apparent outsiders of the group, Bosnia & Herzegovina and the result is certainly less than stellar. Marco Rossi’s selection will have to provide much more against The Netherlands, as his Hungary team has accumulated just one point and is yet to score a goal in Group A3. Yet, despite this horrid start, the Magyars are unbeaten across their last 11 home fixtures, even if the 0-0 draw with Bosnia was the only one across this streak that saw them fail to score as hosts.
Netherlands Team News
The Dutch are in an entirely different situation. Whereas Hungary might be low on confidence and could come out with a fight-or-die mentality, The Netherlands will come to Budapest on the back of a huge 5-2 dismantling of Bosnia along with a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Germany. Ronald Koeman’s men are heavily tipped to win this encounter and there are several key factors to this. First of which is the fact that The Oranje have gone 2 successive games without earning a victory just once during the last year. Secondly, their aspirations to top their group for the third time in the Nations League’s four-season history are quite strong, albeit it will be rather difficult this time around. And lastly, their stellar head-to-head record against Hungary.
Head-to-Head-Games
And speaking of that famed head-to-head record – The Dutch have won their last 9 encounters with Hungary. Across their last 5 wins, 4 produced goals from both sides, while all saw over 2.5 goals in them. Despite the impressive record that The Netherlands boast over Hungary, it is also fair to point out that their most recent meeting was back in 2013, more than 10 years ago.
Hungary – Netherlands Betting Prediction
Hungary are solid as a host as evidenced by their 11-game undefeated streak at home. Their most recent 0-0 draw with Bosnia is the only game in this streak in which the Magyars did not score. However, The Netherlands have turned out to be a bogey team for them as they have lost all of their last 9 encounters with them. Even if they were a a while back, it will certainly come into play, especially now as Hyngary is trying to get back to winning. Ronald Koeman’s team is also one that manages to score a lot, but concede quite often as evidenced by the fact that The Netherlands have both scored and conceded across all of their last 4 fixtures. With this in mind, my pick here is for both teams to score. The results that these two have produced between them, The Dutch’s tendency to concede and score a lot and finally, Hungary’s solid performances at home are the reasons for this pick.
Betting Tip: Both Teams To Score: Yes
Bookmaker: Stake
Odds: 1.77
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