Still on schedule
After the EURO surprised everyone, winning in a group which also includes Portugal, Austria and Iceland, the Hungarians began doubtful qualifiers for the World clacand land right on the Faroe Islands (0-0). After this game, the two parties have come with natural endings 2-3 in Switzerland and 2-0 at home to Latvia. Even if students Bernd Storck is in second place in the group, Portugal comes back strong and the chances that the Hungarians to remain until the end of the campaign this position are minimal. Altogether, one test against Sweden will be useful for the hosts, who will be able to measure forces with a team close in value.
Qualification without Ibrahimovic
Without Manchester United star, recently retired from national, Sweden is struggling to 2nd place in a difficult group, in which the main favorites are France and the Netherlands. Although they lost the “Stade de France” last Friday 2-1 students Janne Andersson managed a valuable draw against “mechanical orange” in the inaugural stage (1-1), keeping intact the chances for qualification. Tuesday night, however, the Swedes will come across an opponent who beat him almost everywhere in recent years and we must take this into account, even if the last dispute took place in 2011 and match the following will be the first to tempt friendly direct the history of the two selected.
direct meetings
In the last 10 direct confrontations, Sweden won 7 times, Hungary 2 times and one match was ended indecisively;
Hungary has one win over opponents in the last 21 years;
In the last 8 meetings, Sweden scored every time;
Probable teams:
Hungary (4-4-2): Gulacsi- Korhut, Kadar, Guzmics, Bese- Dzudzsak Nagy, Gera, Gyurcso- Nikolics, Szalai
Sweden (4-4-2): Olsen- Augustinsson, Granqvist, Nilsson-Lindelof, Krafth- Forsberg, Ekdal, Johansson, Durmaz- Toivonen, Guidetti
Conclusions & tip
We face a balanced game between two teams that are very close in terms of value of the group. Although Sweden has a clear superiority in the matches, this game should give us friendly show both sides.
Tip: over 0.5 goals in the first half – 1.40
