EURO 2024: Scotland and Hungary both want to win to advance

Scotland and Hungary are both looking for their first win at EURO 2024 and both still have a chance of progressing as one of the four best third-placed teams.

Both Scotland and Hungary are looking for their first win at EURO 2024. Both teams still have a chance to progress through as one of the four best third-placed teams.

However, Scotland with 1 point and a goal difference of -4 are ranked below 4th place Albania in the ranking of 3rd place teams.

Therefore, the upcoming match at 2:00 a.m. on June 24 ( Hanoi time) is extremely important for Scotland and Hungary as both teams want to continue.

In the history of EURO, Hungary's best achievement was third place in 1964, while Scotland have never passed the group stage at EURO.

According to statistics, Scotland has met Hungary 9 times in the past. Of which, Scotland won 3, drew 2 and lost 4 matches. Scotland beat Hungary in the most recent match between the two teams on March 28, 2018. At that time, Matt Phillips scored the only goal to help Scotland win in a friendly match against Hungary.

The last time Hungary beat Scotland was in an international friendly on 18 August 2004. Hungary won 3-0. At that time, the Hungarian team was led by German coach Lothar Matthaus. Szabolcs Huszti scored twice against Scotland. The other Hungarian goal came from an own goal by David Marshall.

Notably, Scotland have never faced Hungary in an official tournament. The upcoming match will be the first time the two teams have met at the EURO.

In the last 5 matches, Scotland has not won 4 matches. At the ongoing EURO 2024 Finals, in Group A, Scotland lost 1-5 to Germany and drew 1-1 with Switzerland. Meanwhile, Hungary lost 1-3 to Switzerland and 0-2 to Germany./.

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/euro-2024-doi-tuyen-scotland-va-hungary-deu-muon-thang-de-di-tiep-post960555.vnp