Scotland and Hungary Need a Win to Have Any Chance of Progression

Scotland vs Hungary - 23/06/2024

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20.06.24

Scotland and Hungary Need a Win to Have Any Chance of Progression

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We have reached the final round of group games at the 2024 European Championship. Teams will know what they need to do in terms of qualification and Group A could be one of the groups that sees 3 teams progressing.

The match between Scotland and Hungary will be played on the 23rd of June at the MHPArena in Stuttgart. The Scots find themselves in third place in Group A on 1 point while Hungary are bottom of the group and yet to get off the mark.

Nagy Zsolt 🗣️A két meccsünk között óriási volt a különbség. A legfontosabb, hogy minden meccs után emelt fővel jöhessünk le a pályáról, hogy mindent megtettünk, ami tőlünk telt. A svájciak elleni meccs után ezt nem mondhattuk el magunkról, de a német meccs után igen. #csakegyutt pic.twitter.com/eBjwyMNdLd
— MLSZ (@MLSZhivatalos) June 20, 2024

Scotland come into the game having picked up a point thanks to a 1-1 draw against Switzerland on Wednesday night.

It was the Scots who opened the scoring in the 13th minute but a mistake in the Scotland defence led to an equaliser for the Swiss in the 26th minute. There were no further goals in what was a tense match.

The draw with Switzerland means Scotland are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. There was a 2-0 win over Gibraltar and a 2-2 draw with Finland in friendly games but a hugely disappointing 5-1 defeat against Germany in the opening group game at Euro 2024.

The stats show both teams have scored in 6 of Scotland’s 9 most recent matches in all competitions. Scotland have failed to win any of their last 5 fixtures in the European Championship and have seen both team score in each of their last 3 games at the tournament.

Hungary travel to Stuttgart on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Germany in Group A. The Hungarians were not expected to get anything from the match and conceded the opening goal in the 22nd minute. Into the second half and despite playing well at times, Hungary conceded the second goal in the 67th minute.

The defeat to Germany means Hungary have lost 3 of their last 4 matches in all competitions.

There have been defeats against Switzerland in the opening round of Euro 2024 fixtures and a 2-1 loss to Republic of Ireland in a friendly. The only win came over Israel in a friendly.

Trends show Hungary have failed to win any of their last 8 games at the European Championship. However, they are undefeated in 2 of their 4 most recent European Championship fixtures and have seen both team score in 3 of their last 4 matches at the event.

Team news and Scotland are without suspended defender Ryan Porteous. Kieran Tierney is also a major doubt having come off early against Switzerland.

Hungary are likely to be unchanged from the team that started against Germany. Laszlo Kleinheisler is pushing for a place in the starting XI but may have to settle for another appearance from the bench.