Match Report
Hungary went into the game 3rd in the table on 6 points; Germany sat 1st on 14 — an 8-point gap. Hungary ranked just 27th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hungary 0.67 scored and 1.83 conceded per game, Germany 3 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.3.
Germany arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Hungary had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Germany, 13.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Hungary, 1 draw and 4 for Germany, at 3.2 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more.
Puskás Aréna in Budapest staged the fixture, a ground that holds 68,976. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Hungary: Dominik Szoboszlai (90') · Germany: Felix Nmecha (76')