Comments and predictions for Portugal vs Hungary: Ronaldo saves the day at the last minute

Latest Portugal vs Hungary team information

Portugal have no new injuries to report after their win over Ireland. Centre-back Goncalo Inacio was withdrawn at half-time to make way for Renato Veiga, but that was just a tactical change by coach Martinez.

Veiga is likely to start, while Francisco Trincao – who provided the assist for Ruben Neves’s winner – also deserves a chance to start. Joao Neves withdrew from the squad ahead of the Ireland game, but Joao Palhinha is a reliable replacement in midfield.

On the Hungarian side, coach Marco Rossi welcomed back two attacking pillars Roland Sallai and Barnabas Varga after suspension. Both are ready to play, although that may leave Daniel Lukacs – who opened the scoring against Armenia – on the bench.

Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai remains Hungary's best hope on the left flank, with Liverpool defender Milos Kerkez providing support just behind. In the centre, West Brom's England-born Callum Styles will continue to be in the starting line-up.

Latest expected lineup for Portugal vs Hungary

Portugal:

Costa; Dalot, Dias, Veiga, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha; Trincao, Fernandes, Leao; Ronaldo

Hungary:

B. Toth; Nego, Orban, Szalai, Kerkez; Bolla, Styles, Schafer, Szoboszlai; Sallai, Varga

Latest football commentary Portugal vs Hungary

Caoimhin Kelleher will surely remember the moment he saved Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty on Saturday night. The former Liverpool goalkeeper, now at Brentford, almost helped Ireland stop Portugal's winning streak in Group F in Lisbon.

However, where Ronaldo failed, Ruben Neves shone. The Al-Hilal midfielder headed home in second-half stoppage time to seal a thrilling victory for the “Selecao” and help them maintain their perfect qualifying record.

After easily overcoming Armenia and Hungary, Portugal now lead Group F by five points with just three games remaining. That means if they beat Hungary and Armenia fail to beat Ireland, Roberto Martinez's side will officially qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

There is hardly any reason for fans to doubt that scenario, because the Euro 2016 champion is in extremely good form withfive wins and one drawin their last six games in all competitions. However, the 1-0 win over Ireland ended their run of five consecutive games in which they have scored two or more goals.

Portugal’s next opponents – Hungary – are also looking for a fifth successive goal in Lisbon, and a draw would be enough to keep their hopes of finishing top of the group alive in the final two games.

After two games with only one point, the “Magyars” found inspiration with a 2-0 win over Armenia thanks to goals from Daniel Lukacs and Zsombor Gruber. With that result, Hungary now has a one-point lead over Armenia and three points over Ireland in the race for a play-off spot.

However, if they fail to hold Portugal to a draw on Tuesday, they will be eliminated from the race for the top spot. While the win over Armenia gave Hungary their first clean sheet in eight games, it was only their second win in their last nine.

Hungary are on a run of four consecutive games scoring at least two goals, including a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Portugal in September – when Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot. Despite a brave performance, the “Magyars” could not win in15 most recent confrontationswith this opponent.

Latest Portugal vs Hungary score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Portugal vs Hungaryas follows:

• Sportsmole:Portugal 2-1 Hungary

• WhoScore:Portugal 2-0 Hungary
• We predict:Portugal 2-1 Hungary

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