Hungary v Ireland Bet Builder Tips & Match Preview
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This is a huge game for Ireland, as they have the chance to keep themselves in the hunt for qualification to a first World Cup since 2002.
It is a tough ask to go to Hungary and get a win, but the Irish are buoyant after their magnificent win over Portugal, and have given themselves an opening.
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- Hungary v Ireland
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📂 Hungary v Ireland Cheat Sheet
📈 Hungary v Ireland Form & Stats
Hungary have picked up the points that they would have expected to in this campaign. They won both matches against Armenia, picked up a point in Ireland, drew at home to higher ranked Portugal, and lost the return fixture. This leaves them a point ahead of Ireland, and two behind Portugal going into this match.
Technically, a win could put them top of the group, but in reality, Portugal should beat Armenia.
Hungary should be slightly concerned about their defensive record. They have conceded seven in three matches against Ireland and Portugal, and they rank 31st out of 54 in UEFA qualification for xGA.
Ireland come into this match with fewer points than Hungary, but with a lot more optimism about their game. This primarily comes from that recent home win over Portugal, their first against a top 10 ranked team in a competitive international since a 1-0 win over Germany in 2015. However, they have lost both away games in this campaign so far, but that can be balanced with away wins in Finland and Bulgaria in the Nations League.
Ireland rank mid-range of all UEFA qualifiers in most metrics, but interestingly rank third in accurate crosses per match, with 8.0 per match. They are also third for yellow cards given.
📔 Hungary v Ireland Formation & Team News
Hungary have been using a 4-3-3 shape in recent matches, which is a slight deviation from the 4-2-3-1 they used in Ireland.
Barnabas Varga has cemented his position as Hungary's #9, Varga has a great European record for Ferencvaros and that is recently translating into international goals as well. Callum Styles has also become a regular in the team alongside Liverpool's star Dominik Szoboszlai. There are no suspensions for Hungary.
It would be a surprise to see any changes to the Ireland team given how the match against Portugal went, but Jayson Molumby and Ryan Manning are back from suspension. Manning may come back in place of Liam Scales.
Manning would play left wing back in Hallgrimsson's 3-4-2-1, which he has favoured of late. Chieo Ogbene is likely to have made the right side #10 position his own now, whilst Finn Azaz will play the other role. Seamus Coleman will be pushing to finish his distinguished Irish international career with a huge tournament.
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