Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Greece
Match Time & Date:
12/10/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Hungary
Hungary quickly bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Finland, with the team beating Greece in front of home fans in their second group game in the UEFA Nations League. The Hungarians aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but beating Greece in Athens is easier said than done. Mikael Skibbe’s troops failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, meaning that they are eager to book their place at EURO 2020. Greece recorded a 1-0 win over Estonia in their Nations League opener, but they were beaten by Hungary in Budapest in their second group game. The Greeks are hungry for revenge and seeing that the Hungarians are not regarded as good travelers, we are tempted to put our money on Mikael Skibbe’s team. In their last meeting in Athens Greece recorded a 4-3 win over Hungary and we believe that the history is going to repeat itself.
Highlighted Player (Petros Mantalos):
Petros Mantalos is a Greece international who plays for AEK Athens as a midfielder. Mantalos was born in Komotini, Greece on August 31, 1991, starting his youth career at Xanthi. Speaking of his senior career, the right-footed midfielder played for Skoda Xanthi before joining AEK Athens in 2014.
Mantalos has established himself as a first-team regular at AEK and he played an important role in the team that won the national championship in the 2017/2018 season. To make things even better for the fans, AEK Athens booked their place in the Champions League thanks to a win over Celtic in the play-off.
Petros Mantalos made his international debut with Greece on September 7, 2014 against Romania. The AEK midfielder scored his first ever goal for the Greece national football team in a 2-1 win over Australia in June, 2016. His main position is attacking midfielder, but he is capable of playing as both central and left midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (Hungary):
Widely known as the Mighty Magyars during the 1950’s, Hungary national team had the world at its feet as the team featuring Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis and Zoltan Czibor reached the final of the 1954 World Cup, while recording several impressive wins over England and other top sides in international friendlies.
Hungary also made it to the semi-final at the Euro 1964 and Euro 1972, but they have since largely struggled to return to old glory days. The barren run finally came to an end as Foci defeated Norway in the play-off to qualify for the Euro 2016 finals, but there still appears to be a huge gap behind the top European sides.
Long-serving goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly has managed to break a 58-year record held by Jozsef Bozsik, having surpassed the 101-cap mark, but Ferenc Puskas still remains the top goalscorer in the history of the national team with an unbelievable record of 84 goals in 85 caps, followed by Sandor Kocsis, who has 75 goals in 68 appearances.
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