After tournament opening, Germany vs Scotland, where Scotland lost 5-1, today is the second day of Euro 2024. Group A teams Hungary vs Switzerland match goes at Cologne Stadium 16:00 hrs. EAT.
In EUFA qualification, Switzerland became second and over the last one year, it had faired on well. This week, it played international friendly match with Austria which they drew 1-1. They will need to improve on this score during this match with Hungary.
The opponents on the other hand played friendly match with Israel and crushed them 3-0. In their group qualification, the Hungarians topped and over the recent months they have kept exemplary performance.
Out of the 46 Hungary vs Switzerland matches, Hungary has won 30, Switzerland 11 times and drew 5 times. Today’s match is a major one from 1938 when Hungary won 2-0.
Marco Rossi, Hungary head coach said on Friday during presser “I think my players feel the expectations, the hype and the pressure. It is a tournament which will be watched all over the world”.
Murat Yakin, coach for Switzerland recognizes that Hungary is not an easy team. This is what he had to say, “Hungary are a very strong side. We will have a very hard game. What’s important for us is to use our very strong points, and we hope to play a ‘surprising’ match in terms of our football. We will try to challenge them and come out as winners. But it requires us to be lucky and to perform well on the day. We have to play our game that we have worked on. We’ll be challenged in this game; we need to get the most out of it.”
Possible Line-ups:
Hungary- Gulacsi; Lang, Orban, Szalai; Nego, A. Nagy, Schafer, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Sallai; Vargas
Switzerland-Sommer; Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Ndoye; Shaqiri, Vargas; Amdouni.
Prediction
Although both teams exhibit possibility to win today’s Hungary vs Switzerland match, Hungary has upper hand to win. However, Switzerland is likely to see behind the net of Hungarians making it a both to score match.
