Our prediction for this match:
Hungary and Czech Republic go head to head at Puskas Arena in what is expected to be an exciting international friendly. The Hungarians have been producing fine displays in 2023, with the team looking pretty solid at the back and we are positive that they will rely on their rock-solid defence in Sunday’s warm-up game. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Liverpool summer recruit Dominik Szoboszlai, who opened his goal-scoring account in the Premier League at the weekend in a 3-0 win over Aston Villa.
The Czechs, on the other hand, outplayed Montenegro 4-1 in their last friendly, but a close encounter is on the cards in Budapest as Hungary are tough to beat at home. Taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. Patrick Schick’s injury goes in favour of our prediction. In their last meeting in a friendly, ten years ago, the two national teams played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Player (Adam Lang):
Adam Lang is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Dijon as a centre-back. The centre-back is a product of Veszprem football academy and he continued playing for the club at senior level. Lang scored three goals in 44 appearances in the league for Veszprem, but he played for Gyor and Videoton in his homeland as well.
The player who was born on January 17, 1993 made 57 appearances for Gyor, while playing 23 games for Videoton in the Hungarian top flight. In the autumn of 2016 Adam Lang joined French club Dijon and he has been playing for the Mustards ever since.
The Hungarian defender played 19 games for Dijon in the 2016-17 Ligue 1 campaign, but he failed to find the net for Olivier Dall’ Oglio’s troops during the season. Adam Lang has five caps for Hungary U21 team and he made his debut for the senior team on May 22, 2014 in a 2-2 draw with Denmark.
Highlighted Team (Czech Republic):
Czech Republic national team is the natural successor of the Czechoslovakia side that dominated world football during the 20th century, winning one European Championship trophy and coming second at 1934 and 1962 World Cups. After the separation of the country in 1992, Czech Republic continued the proud tradition by qualifying for each of the next six European Championship finals, losing to Germany in the final of the 1996 tournament.
The Czechs also reached the last eight at the 2012 finals, but their World Cup record of late is pretty disappointing. Since separating from Slovakia, Czech Republic only qualified for one of five World Cup finals. The 1996 generation, featuring players like Pavel Nedved, Karel Poborsky and Patrik Berger, will forever remained etched in the fans’ memory, while the likes of Milan Baros, Jan Koller, Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky are some of the other notable footballers.
Highly rated goalkeeper Petr Cech is the team’s most capped player, whereas towering forward Jan Koller tops the goalscoring charts with 55 strikes in 91 games.