Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Hungary
Match Time & Date:
11/09/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Greece
The Hungarians will see the League of nations as a possible way to secure a place for the 2020 European Championship but will be wary of the other three nations in the group, Estonia, Finland and their opponents in this match, and former European Champions, Greece. Hungary have played Greece 20 times so far recording five victories while Greece won on nine occasions. The game will take place at the Groupama Arena in Budapest. Neither country is showing good form in the run-up to these qualifying games. Hungary have won three times in the last 10 games but also have six defeats, three in the last four games. Greece have the same number of victories but have just four losses and three draws. The last time they played, both sides suffered a defeat. Hungary were beaten 2:1 at home by Australia. Greece were defeated 2:0 away to Saudi Arabia. This looks like a draw.
Highlighted Player (Adam Lang):
Adam Lang is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Dijon as a centre-back. The centre-back is a product of Veszprem football academy and he continued playing for the club at senior level. Lang scored three goals in 44 appearances in the league for Veszprem, but he played for Gyor and Videoton in his homeland as well.
The player who was born on January 17, 1993 made 57 appearances for Gyor, while playing 23 games for Videoton in the Hungarian top flight. In the autumn of 2016 Adam Lang joined French club Dijon and he has been playing for the Mustards ever since.
The Hungarian defender played 19 games for Dijon in the 2016-17 Ligue 1 campaign, but he failed to find the net for Olivier Dall’ Oglio’s troops during the season. Adam Lang has five caps for Hungary U21 team and he made his debut for the senior team on May 22, 2014 in a 2-2 draw with Denmark.
Highlighted Team (Greece):
Former European champions Greece played their first official match on April 7, 1929, with the team suffering a heavy 4-1 loss to Italy in Athens. The Greeks booked their place at the FIFA World Cup finals in 1994 for the first time ever, but they failed to impress at the showpiece tournament in United States of America.
The Galanolefki were eliminated in the group stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup as well, but they made it to the knockout stages of the tournament in Brazil four years later. However, the Greeks were more than unfortunate not to book their place in the quarter-finals as they were beaten by Costa Rica on penalties. However, Greece did remarkably well to win the 2004 European Championship and that is considered the national team’s biggest success.
Otto Rehhagel outplayed the likes of France and Czech Republic in the knockout stages to set up a meeting with hosts Portugal in the title game. Thanks to Angelos Charisteas’ goal 12 minutes into the second half Greece won the European Championship.
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