Türkiye vs Hungary Prediction: Breathtaking Struggle
The match between Türkiye and Hungary in the Nations League will take place at 11:00 p.m. on March 20. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Türkiye will host Hungary in Istanbul on Thursday in the first leg of their UEFA Nations League play-off round.
The hosts finished second in Group B4, while Hungary finished third in Group A3, behind Germany and the Netherlands.
Latest Türkiye vs Hungary team information
Türkiye will be without four injured players including Altay Bayindir, Caglar Soyuncu, Ferdi Kadioglu and Enes Unal.
In addition, defender Merih Demiral and striker Arda Guler will be sidelined through suspension after picking up second yellow cards in the Nations League in the defeat to Montenegro in November.
Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu will captain the side, with the 31-year-old just five games away from reaching 100 international caps.
On the Hungarian side, coach Marco Rossi decided not to call up veteran midfielder Adam Nagy, who has just returned to play for Spezia after a short time out due to injury.
The Italian coach has called up four players who have never played for the national team, including goalkeeper Krisztian Hegyi, defender Attila Osvath and midfielder duo Alex Toth and Balint Vecsei.
Captain Dominik Szoboszlai will return to action for the first time since Liverpool's defeat in the EFL Cup final, and the Hungary star will be aiming to improve on his three-goal tally in the 2024-25 Nations League.
Latest Türkiye vs Hungary Expected Lineups
Türkiye:
Gunok; Muldur, Ayhan, Bardakci, Elmali; Kokcu, Calhanoglu; Akgun, Yildiz, Yilmaz; Akturkoglu
Hungary:
Dibusz; Fiola, Orban, Dardai; Nego, Schafer, Nikitscher, Nagy; Szoboszlai, Sallai; Varga
Latest Türkiye vs Hungary football prediction
Türkiye entered the promotion/relegation play-offs after three wins, two draws and one defeat in six group games, finishing second just one point behind leaders Wales.
Türkiye were still top of the group ahead of the final game, but a 3-1 defeat to Montenegro gave Wales the chance to top the group, sending Vincenzo Montella's side into a play-off against Hungary.
However, the Crescent Stars still have a chance to win a second consecutive promotion after they rose from League C in the 2022-23 Nations League.
Türkiye are aiming to make their first appearance in League A and have an impressive home record in the competition, remaining unbeaten in their last eight Nations League home games (W5 D3).
However, their last home defeat in the Nations League was against Hungary in September 2020, when Dominik Szoboszlai scored late to give the visitors a 1-0 win.
Türkiye are also on a five-match winless streak against Hungary (D1 L4) since a 3-0 win in a Euro qualifier in September 2007.
Hungary entered the play-offs after one win, three draws and two defeats in six group stage matches.
After a heavy 0-5 loss to Germany, Hungary recovered their form by taking five points from their next three games, before losing 0-4 to the Netherlands in the fifth match.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored from the penalty spot to earn a 1–1 draw against Germany in their final group game, helping Hungary finish third, four points clear of bottom-placed Bosnia & Herzegovina and three points behind the top two.
The Magyars will now have to overcome Türkiye over two legs to maintain their place in League A for the third consecutive Nations League season.
Hungary will need to improve their attacking output in Thursday's first leg, having only scored more than one goal in one of their last nine internationals.
However, the visitors can be confident having won all three of their most recent meetings with Türkiye without conceding a goal, including a 1-0 victory in March 2024.
Latest Türkiye 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.Türkiye vs Hungaryas follows:
- Sportsmole:Türkiye 2-1 Hungary
- WhoScore:Türkiye 1-1 Hungary
- Our newspaper predicts:Türkiye 1-1 Hungary
When and where to watch Türkiye vs Hungary live?
To watch live the Türkiye vs Hungary match in the Nations League taking place at 11:00 p.m. on March 20, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
