Iceland v Hungary Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 18th June
Hats off to both of these for their performances in the opening round of group stage matches. Hungary opened the group with a win over the much fancied Austria, whose cause wasn’t helped when they went down to ten men. Before that, Hungary still looked the better side anyway and with a win over Iceland can sail towards the knockout stage. Iceland bagged themselves a point against Portugal on their European Championship debut. What next for the minnows? Perhaps three points?
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Iceland v Hungary Betting Tips
Well Iceland were pretty much the underdog success of the first round of group stage matches at Euro 20156. They churned out a point against Portugal and boy did they have to work hard for it. Will that work that they put in take something out of them for this next challenge? What can they get out of the game against Hungary? Maybe another point? Perhaps maximum points to put themselves in the qualification picture? Well, this is still not an easy game for them, despite the bookmakers have installed them as favourites in the match outrights. They will face a Hungary side who will be on top of the world having beaten Austria, who were much fancied to push hard to win this group. Hungary have a good head to head record against Iceland as well, which could have some bearing on this one and they didn’t’ have to work as hard for their points as Iceland had for their one.
There have been eight previous meetings between the two sides and Hungary hold a 6-2 advantage in the head to head. Iceland have conceded a total of twenty goals in those eight games against Hungary and while this would appear to be going down to the road of being a low scoring affair, you can take a shot at over 2.5 goals in the match up for a price of 5/4 with online betting site Bet365. Iceland aren’t overly likely to post a win in this one, they are a side who have won just three of their last twelve games and those wins were posted against low-quality opponents in the form of Liechtenstein, Greece and Finland. Iceland have earned just the three clean sheets in their last twelve as well and both teams to score in this one will return a price of 10/11.
Hungary were very bright and positive in taking out Austria, helped of course by their opponents going down to ten men in the match. Overall though, there was more on show than what was expected from Portugal and this is a tremendous opportunity to book a spot in the next round of the competition against the odds. Adam Szalai, who opened the scoring against Austria is a price of 12/5 in the anytime goalscorer market for the match and there does appear to be some underestimation of Hungary here. They are ahead in the head to head against Iceland and will be high in confidence as well after their opening win and a clean sheet. Hungary are also ranked 20th in the world, with Iceland down in 34th. Iceland still have a lot of work to do in getting a win on the board and the value looks to be all on Hungary here.
Iceland v Hungary Betting Odds
Iceland 8/5, Hungary 2/1, Draw 9/4
Iceland v Hungary Predictions
It may be hard for Iceland to live up to the expectations and high moments of having drawn against Portugal. They worked hard and deserved their point but they didn’t have too much to offer going forward. Hungary looked decent enough in getting forward to suggest that they are not going to let this huge opportunity slip. Look for over 2.5 goals and a victory for the Hungarians.
