Germany vs Hungary | UEFA Euros 2024 | Pre Match
Germany vs Hungary
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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This will be the fourth encounter between Germany and Hungary at a major tournament (WC + EURO). They met twice at the 1954 FIFA World Cup: Hungary won 8-3 in the group stages before West Germany were victorious 3-2 in the final. They also met in the group stages of UEFA EURO 2020 – the match ended 2-2.
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Germany and Hungary’s three previous meetings at a major tournament have produced 20 goals, an average of 6.7 per game. Hungary opened the scoring in each of those three matches.
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Germany have won only one of their last six matches played on home soil against Hungary (D2 L3), a 2-0 friendly victory in June 2016.
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After beating Scotland 5-1 on MD1, Germany are looking to win both of their opening two matches at a European Championship tournament for a fifth time, after 1972, 1980, 1996, and 2012; they won the competition in three of those previous four instances, failing only in 2012.
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Hungary are without a win in their last seven games at the European Championships (D4 L3) since beating Austria 2-0 in the 2016 group stage. They could lose two matches at a single edition of the tournament for just a second time, after 1972.
