Matchday 3 in Group A of Euro 2024. Scotland vs Hungary. The game kicks off on June 23 at 20:00 (BST) at the MHPArena in Stuttgart. Scotland – Hungary: Prediction and betting odds, statistics for the Euro 2024 match.
Potential line-ups for Scotland vs Hungary
Scotland (3-4-2-1): Angus Gunn – Scott McKenna, Jack Hendry, Grant Hanley – Andrew Robertson, Scott McTominay, Billy Gilmour , Anthony Ralston – John McGinn, Ryan Christie – Che Adams.
Hungary (3-4-2-1): Péter Gulácsi – Willi Orbán, Márton Dárdai, Attila Fiolo – Milos Kerkez, Ádám Nagy, András Schäfer, Bendegúz Bolla – Dominik Szoboszlai, Roland Sallai – Barnabás Varga.
Scotland
Scotland and Switzerland ended their game in a draw (1:1) in the second round. Scotland haven’t been able to win their last 5 official matches (3 draws, 2 defeats). The same series goes on in the European Championship only (2 draws, 3 defeats). If Scotland lose this game, they’re eliminated from Euro 2024. Otherwise, they will have a chance to advance to the Round of 16. If Scotland win they will even have a theoretical chance to finish 2nd.
Ryan Porteous is disqualified and will miss this game along with Kieran Tierney, who was injured in the game versus Switzerland.
- Scotland have scored a maximum of 1 goal in their last 5 European Championship games.
- Scotland haven’t lost 12 out of their last 14 official games (8 wins, 4 draws).
- A maximum of 3 goals have been scored in 10 out of the last 13 official games Scotland have played.
Hungary
Hungary suffered a defeat from Germany (0:2) in the previous round. The Hungarian side hasn’t been able to win a European Championship game on 8 consecutive occasions (4 draws, 4 defeats), conceding at least 2 goals in 6 of these games. They still have a chance to finish 3rd and qualify for the knockout phase. But to do so, they need to beat Scotland. Otherwise, Hungary are definitely eliminated.
- At least 3 goals have been scored in 5 out of the last 7 European Championship games Hungary have played.
- The final score has contained number 2 in 6 out of the last 8 official games Hungary have played.
- Both teams have scored in 6 out of the last 7 official games Hungary have played.
Scotland – Hungary Prediction
Both teams need to win. For Hungary, it’s the only chance to finish 3rd to have chance to advance to the knockout stage. Scotland realise that they need to get 3 points too, as there have been no team to qualify for the Round of 16 with just 2 points in the group stage. Both teams will need to attack.
Attacking style is what these side usually stick to. Scotland have scored at least 2 goals in 7 out of their last 10 official games and Hungary have scored at least 2 goals in 6 out of their last 8 official games. Both sides tend to make mistakes when defending. Scotland have conceded at least a goal in the last 5 official games, Hungary – in the last 7 matches.
Our prediction is Both teams to score + Over 2.5 at .