Turkey hosts Hungary in round 1 of the UEFA Nations League B. The match will be played on Thursday, September 3rd at Yeni 4 Eylül Stadyumu (Sivas)
The Turkish national team looks much stronger and more skilled. Many players compete in top European championships. Hakan Calhanoglu is one of the leaders of Milan, Cengiz Under shows a great game in Roma, Merih Demiral plays for Juventus, and Zeki Celik and Yusuf Yazici benefit the French Lille. The Turks have not lost for six matches in a row – they have gained four victories and two draws. The team brilliantly carried out the qualifying campaign for Euro 2020. It gained four points in matches against the world champions (the French) and almost squeezed them from the first place in the group. The Turks are clearly counting on victory in the first home game of the new Nations League, especially since the opponent is quite modest.
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Hungary looks like the main outsider of its group in the Nations League. Most of the players of this team play in the local championship, which is rather weak. Among the leaders, one can single out the goalkeeper of RB Leipzig Peter Gulacsi, his teammate, defender Willi Orban, the young talent from RB Salzburg Dominik Szoboszlai, and the experienced striker of Mainz Adam Szalai. The names of the other players are hardly known to the public. But even the listed persons are far from being leaders in their teams. The Hungarians suffered five defeats in the last six matches. They took fourth place in their qualifying group for Euro 2020, having outranked only Azerbaijan.
It doesn't make much sense to look at the statistics of the head-to-head matches of these teams since the last time the teams met was seven years ago. However, the advantage is on the side of Turkey, which gained three victories and suffered only one defeat in six matches with the Hungarians. I think the hosts will manage to gain confident victory in the upcoming meeting, and maybe with a difference of more than one goal.
Prediction for the match: Turkey to win with -1.0 handicap
