Placed in League A Group 3, arguably the group of death, Hungary turned out to be the dark horse. They produced excellent results and narrowly missed out on the top spot.
Hungary and Greece will look to bounce back from midweek setbacks when they take on each other in an international friendly at Puskás Aréna Park. The Sunday night contest will be the final match of this calendar year for these two sides, hence both countries will be eager to end the year on a high by getting a victory from this game. With the match happening in Budapest, Hungary will be keen to get the win in front of the home fans. However, they will be well aware of the difficult challenge at hand.
Hungary vs Greece | Key details |
Date | November 20 |
Venue | Puskás Aréna Park |
Kickoff time in India | 12:45 am (Monday) |
Kickoff time in Hungary | 8:15 pm (Sunday) |
Kickoff time in Greece | 9:157 pm (Sunday) |
Both countries had impressive Nations League outings. Placed in League A Group 3, arguably the group of death, Hungary turned out to be the dark horse. They produced excellent results and narrowly missed out on the top spot to Italy after getting 10 points from six games. However, they drew their last match against Luxembourg 2-2. On the other hand, Greece finished top of League C Group 2 with 15 points from six games and suffered just one defeat in the tournament. They are also coming into this match on the back of a draw against Malta.
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There are not any fresh injury concerns for these two sides ahead of this contest. Besides, this will be the final time these two nations will take to the field in 2022, hence they will be eager to end the calendar year on a positive note. Even though the respective managers will rotate their squads following their midweek duties, they could still name strong starting lineups.
Hungary possible line-up: Dibusz, Orban, Szalai, Lang, Botka, Styles, Nagy, Kerkez, Gazdag, Szoboszlai, Nemeth
Greece possible line-up: Paschalakis, Rota, Chatzidiakos, Tzavellas, Giannoulis, Bakasetas, Mantalos, Siopis, Chatzigiovanis, Pelkas, Fountas
Hungary
Opponents | Score |
Luxembourg | 2-2 |
Italy | 0-2 (L) |
Germany | 0-1 (W) |
England | 0-4 (W) |
Germany | 1-1 |
Greece
Opponents | Score |
Malta | 2-2 |
Northern Ireland | 3-1 (W) |
Cyprus | 1-0 (L) |
Kosovo | 2-0 (W) |
Cyprus | 3-0 (W) |
Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
Greece beat Hungary | 1-0 |
Hungary beat Greece | 2-1 |
Greece beat Hungary | 4-3 |
Hungary draw Greece | 0-0 |
Hungary beat Greece | 3-2 |
The international friendly match between Hungary and Greece will take place at Puskás Aréna Park on Monday at 12:45 am IST.
The international friendly match between Hungary and Greece can be seen on M4 Sports in Hungary; and Cosmote Sport 1 HD in Greece.