Hungary and Switzerland clash in Group A for their Euro 2024 opener at the RheinEnergieStadion in Koln on Saturday.
HUN vs SUI Match Details
Date: Saturday, 15 June 2024
Time: 15:00 (CET), 18:30 (IST)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Koln
HUN vs SUI Match Preview
After appearing only twice in 14 editions, Hungary has qualified for the third consecutive Euros after ending their 44-year wait in 2016. Despite not making out of the group stage in Euro 2020 containing three former winners France, Portugal and Germany, there was a lot to ponder for Marco Rossi's side as they made the opposition sweat for the result. In their qualification for Euro 2024, Hungary topped their group ahead of the likes of Serbia and Montenegro making them a team to be serious about. Scotland, Switzerland and once again Germany will be the oppositions in Group A in the finals with Rossi's team aiming to be in the top three for the knockouts. The National Eleven begin their campaign against the Swiss whom they have beaten in 30 of the 46 meetings. The team is also undefeated in 14 out of the last 15 games, hence, wishing to kick off proceedings on a winning note to have an early advantage. Here you can see the Hungary Euro 2024 analysis
Switzerland are appearing for their sixth Euro Championship having created the best run in their history by reaching the quarterfinals of the last edition. The highlight result of the campaign was beating France on penalties in the last-16 but the Swiss failed at the same stage in the 2022 World Cup while Les Bleus finished as runners-up. Switzerland endured a rough qualifying group for Euro 2024, despite making direct entry to the finals, as they finished second behind 46th-ranked Romania. However, Murat Yakin’s team has shown promise this year, keeping momentum ahead of the tournament by staying unbeaten in the last four games. The manager is willing to get his side in the knockouts for the third consecutive tournament with a win in mind in their first major tournament meeting against Hungary since the 1938 World Cup. Having won the last two fixtures against the opposition on Saturday scoring eight goals, Switzerland will take to the pitch in Koln brimming with confidence. Here you can check Switzerland team analysis for Euro 2024
Recent Form (all competitions)
HUI: LWWDW
SUI: DLLWD
HUN vs SUI Predicted Lineups
Hungary
Gulacsi; Lang, Orban, Szalai; Nego, A. Nagy, Schafer, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Sallai; Varga
Switzerland
Sommer; Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Ndoye; Shaqiri, Vargas; Amdouni
HUN vs SUI Head-to-Head
Played: 46
HUN won: 30
Drawn: 5
SUI won: 11
HUN vs SUI Dream11 Match Prediction
Both Hungary and Switzerland will prioritize solidity to avoid losing early grounds in the knockout race. A draw could be a likely outcome of the game so we predict an exciting 2-2 result with the fixture producing a lot of goals recently.
HUN vs SUI Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Granit Xhaka
Vice-captain Pick: Dominik Szoboszlai
Others: Xherdan Shaqiri
HUN vs SUI Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Sommer (Cr - 8)
DEF: Lang (Cr - 8.5), Akanji (Cr - 8.5), Schar (Cr - 9)
MID: Szoboszlai (Cr - 9), Xhaka (Cr - 9), Freuler (8.5), Nagy (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Sallai (Cr - 8), Varga (Cr - 9), Shaqiri (Cr - 8.5)
Vice-captain: Dominik Szoboszlai
Captain: Granit Xhaka
