Hungary – Cyprus : Preview & Prediction
Hungary and Cyprus face at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion, for a friendly, the first of the year for both teams. There is no record of official clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was on 06-02-2007 and ended with the result: Cyprus (2-1) Hungary. In this match, the home factor may play an important role, as Cyprus has significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
The home team plays its first friendly of the year, having not played any in the previous year. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, they have similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 8 wins , 2 draws and 5 defeats at home, with 23 goals scored and 17 conceded. In their last match, for the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe, they got an away win against Andorra by (1‑4). In the last 9 home matches Hungary has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Their attack has scored regularly, as they have managed to score in 9 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around 1 time.
Hungary comes for this match after a 1-4 victory in the trip to Andorra, in a game counting for the qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup: the team’s goals were scored by Dániel Gazdag, Attila Fiola, Loïc Nego and László Kleinheisler. In this friendly against Cyprus, coach Marco Rossi should opt for the usual strategy, favoring the maintenance of ball possession and supported attacks. It should be noted that the Hungarians have shown flaws in the defensive dead balls and in the air play, however, quality on the counterattack. All players are available for this game.
This will be the first friendly match of the year for the visiting team, who played 2 last year. He has registered the following final scores in these friendlies: Greece (2‑1) Cyprus and Cyprus (1‑2) Czech Republic. This is a team that tends to be home based, stronger when they play with the support of their supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses in away matches, with a total of 13 goals scored and 30 conceded. At home, they won 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats, with a total of 14 goals scored and 20 conceded. In their last match, for the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe, they got a home win against Slovenia by (1‑0). In the last 10 away matches Cyprus has won 2, tied 1 and lost 7. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so there are defensive processes that need to be improved. This is a team that rarely scores first: they only opened the scoreboard in 2 of their last 15 matches, of these 2 they reached halftime ahead by 1 and won at the end of the 90′ in 1. In 15 matches, they conceded the first goal 11 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard.
Cyprus comes to this game after having won, by 1-0, against Slovenia, in a game counting for the qualifying phase for the World Cup 2022: the only goal of the match was signed by Ioannis Pittas. For facing a more competent opponent, coach Nikolaos Kostenoglou should prefer a more cautious strategy, exploring only the space in the opponent’s back. The defensive sector has greatly harmed the Cypriot team, especially in the dead balls and attack-defense transition. There are no weightless absences for this game.
Hungary – Cyprus : Betting Tips
Hungary – Win Odds: 1.55
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
