Thursday sees Hungary meet Serbia in their first international fixture of 2022 with a friendly in Budapest. Kickoff set for 24th March 2022 21:30 EAT.
Hungary was a part of League B before, but they managed to secure the top-most position in Group B3. They have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 5 goals in the process. Hungary’s return of three wins from 11 matches.
Marco Rossi’s team will be looking for a repeat result following a 1-2 WC Qualifiers – Europe success vs Poland. In that game, Hungary had 37% possession, 8 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by András Schäfer (37′) and Gazdag (80′). Poland had 15 shots on goal with 6 on target and a goal scored by Świderski (61′).
The visitors were unbeaten in World Cup qualification campaign and have gone 14 matches without suffering a defeat in any competition. They defeated Portugal in Portuguese soil, on the final match-day of the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers – First Round obtaining the top-most spot. In their last 6 outings, Serbia has amassed a tally of 15 goals.
Serbia will hope for similar results following a 1-2 WC Qualifiers – Europe win against Portugal in their most recent outing. In that match, Serbia had 57% possession, 11 shots with 3 on target and goals scored by Dušan Tadić (33′) and Aleksandar Mitrović (90′). Portugal got 9 shots with 3 on target and a goal scored by Renato Sanches (2′) .
Hungary vs Serbia head to head
These two teams have had 2 meetings since 2020. Hungary got one win out of the two and one match ended in a stalemate.
- Hungary 1-1 Serbia 15/11/20
- Serbia 0-1 Hungary 11/10/20
Home
- Poland 1-2 Hungary
- Hungary 4-0 San Marino
- England 1-1 Hungary
- Hungary 0-1 Albania
- Hungary 2-1 Andorra
Away
- Portugal 1-2 Serbia
- Serbia 4-0 Qatar
- Serbia 3-1 Azerbaijan
- Luxembourg 0-1 Serbia
- Ireland 1-1 Serbia
Hungary team news
Marco Rossi will miss the services of Dusan Vlahovic due to injury.
Serbia team news
Dragan Stojković will have a full squad to choose from.
Prediction and Odds
Hungary is on a two-fixture winning streak, and they had also lost just once in the past five match-ups. On the other hand, Serbia is on a four-game winning streak, and had scored a total of ten goals in the process.
- Draw
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
