Euro 2024: Scotland Vs Hungary, Stealing Last Chance

Hungary is more favored to win than Scotland (Instagram/@mlsztv).

JAKARTA - Scotland vs Hungary were presented in the third match of Group A Euro 2024 at the MHP Arena, Monday, June 24, 2024, at 02.00 WIB.

Opta predicts the fight will be tight with a percentage of wins not much different. Scotland's chances of winning 37.6 percent, while Hungary won 37.8 percent.

The record of the meeting between Scotland vs Hungary is minimal. According to Soccerway data, they have met twice. Each pack a win in the two friendly parties.

Although no statistics are more favored, both teams have ambitions to get the perfect points. Victory is the last way to win tickets to the knockout round of Euro 2024.

Scotland is in a slightly better position. They are on the third ladder of Group A standings with one point from two matches, while Hungary is still at the bottom of the standings without points.

Victory helped Steve Clarke's men to the last 16 of Euro 2024 through the best fourth-placed path.

Scotland is currently still outside the top four of the best third place, aka the fifth ladder. If they only win the draw, Scotland's path is still not safe.

With three money with Hungary. Victory could bring them to displacing Scotland and fighting in the best third-placed path to the knockout stages.

The problem is, Hungary has no slick journey at the Euros. To date, they have never won eight consecutive matches (four draws and four defeats) in three editions of Euro (2016, 2020, and 2024).

Hungary became the second team without the most consecutive wins at the Euros. The team on the first list was Russia between 1988-2004 and nine matches without a win.

However, Hungary did not want to give up. They had a chance to go to the knockout stages with a note showing games like against Germany.

Marco Rossi's men were able to release 11 shots, the most received by Germany during their participation at the Euros. Hungary only lost to the Netherlands which managed to threaten 14 times against Germany at Euro 2012.

The meeting between Scotland vs Hungary was their first clash since March 2018. At that time, Scotland won 1-0 through Matthew Phillips' single goal.

Meanwhile, the two of them have never clashed in an official tournament. The previous meeting was only a friendly match.

Hungary is slightly seeded to win over Scotland. The remaining 24.6 percent are predicted to end in a draw.

However, according to Opta, Scotland's chances of qualifying for the knockout phase were 42.8 percent, while Hungary only had a chance of 27.4 percent.

Formation Forecast

Scotland (3-4-1-2): Angus Gunn; Grant Hanley, Jack Hendry, Scott McKenna; Billy Gilmour, Callum McGregor, Andy Robertson, Anthony Ralston; Scott McTominay; Che Adams, John McGinn

Coach: Steve Clarke

Hungary (3-4-2-1): Peter Gulacsi; Attila Fiola, Attila Szalai, Willi Orban; Milos Kerkez, Adam Nagy, Andras Schafer, Bendeguz Bolla; Dominik Szoboszlai, Roland Sallai; Barnabas Varga

Coach: Marco Rossi