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Scotland vs Hungary predictions: Euro 2024 tips and odds
Joe Champion’s Scotland vs Hungary betting tips include 6/4, 7/4 and 13/2-priced selections, with Barnabas Varga backed to score
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Our betting expert has three Scotland vs Hungary tips for Sunday night’s European Championship Group A encounter in Stuttgart (8pm kick-off). Scroll down for the analysis behind his selections.
Scotland vs Hungary betting tips
- Hungary to win @ 6/4 with bet365
- Over three goals @ 7/4 with bet365
- Bet builder – Hungary to win, both teams to score and Barnabas Varga to score anytime @ 13/2 with bet365
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Hungarians poised to put an end to Scots’ dreams
Scotland picked up their first points of the 2024 European Championship in a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Wednesday night but Steve Clarke's men rode their luck and they might not be so fortunate in this crunch Group A closer against Hungary.
With hosts Germany top, on six points from two matches, and Switzerland in second place thanks in the main to a 3-1 win over the Magyars, these two teams are effectively playing to finish third, for all that Scotland could still pip the Swiss to second.
After a 5-1 humbling at the hands of Germany, Scott McTominay put the Scots one up against the Swiss, only for the Tartan Army to be pegged back by a Xherdan Shaqiri belter, and they were fortunate to cling on for a point as Angus Gunn made a fine save to deny Dan Ndoye in the latter stages.
Scotland’s performance was certainly an improvement on their opening show but Hungary were also better and can count themselves unfortunate not to at least have found the net in a 2-0 loss against the hosts – as they had 10 attempts to score and posted an expected goals figure of 1.29.
Clarke has already been forced into a defensive reshuffle after Ryan Porteous was handed a two-match ban for his red against Germany, and the Scotland boss will now have to make do without Kieran Tierney after the full back sustained a hamstring injury against the Swiss.
Hungary, driven on by Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai, look decent value to claim three points, which will at least give them a chance of finishing as one of the four best third-placed teams.
Scotland vs Hungary tip 1: Hungary to win @ 6/4 with bet365
Expect both teams to go for broke in lively clash
While the Magyars are taken to edge the match, the Scots showed attacking endeavour against the Swiss and should play their part in an entertaining evening in Stuttgart.
Six of Scotland’s previous nine matches have featured at least four goals and the only nation they have been able to keep quiet in recent outings were minnows Gibraltar, whom they saw off by a 2-0 scoreline in a friendly earlier in the month.
Hungary, with a goal difference of minus four, will be acutely aware that a low-scoring win is not likely to be good enough to secure qualification, so coach Marco Rossi will be positive.
Scotland vs Hungary tip 2: Over three goals @ 7/4 with bet365
Varga should cause problems for depleted Scotland
Hungary can take advantage of the Scots’ injury problems and both teams should also find the net in what could be an exciting contest, particularly if there is an early goal.
For a third bet builder selection, take a chance on the Magyars’ Barnabas Varga finding the net, just as he did in the 3-1 opening-round defeat against the Swiss.
Varga has enjoyed a prolific international career since making his debut in March last year, scoring seven times in 13 matches, and he arrived in Germany on the back of a superb season for Ferencvaros, with a tally of 20 goals to claim the top goalscorer honours in Hungary’s top flight.
The 29-year-old forward is ably supported by Szoboszlai and Freiburg’s Roland Sallai and he should find opportunities to score against a porous Scottish defence.
Scotland vs Hungary tip 3: Bet builder – Hungary to win, both teams to score and Barnabas Varga to score anytime @ 13/2 with bet365
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