Estonia vs Hungary Predictions

Estonia had their hearts broken on Friday in their Nations League match at home to Finland. An injury-time winner from Teemu Pukki meant that Finland took home all three points, after a dogged display from Estonia. They had battled well and matched Finland throughout the match but were cruelly denied their first Nations League point.

Indeed, Estonia had lost their first Nations League match in similar fashion, falling 1-0 at home to Greece. They competed well with the opposition but lacked that extra bit of quality to take the lead or control the game. They then lost 1-0 to Finland, for the first time, away from home and down to yet another Teemu Pukki goal.

It appears that, despite battling well and having influence within these matches, they will be relegated from the group come the end of these fixtures. They don’t have that attacking prowess necessary to properly compete and it has cost them dearly.

Hungary have not fared much better than Estonia under new manager Marco Rossi, although they have at least won a match, beating Greece 2-1 at home. However, even that match Hungary were pegged back for most of the game but took their chances effectively with two first-half goals from Ronald Sallai and Laszlo Kleinheisler.

Either side of this game, Hungary fell to 1-0 defeats against Greece and Finland away from home. Hungary played well in the match against Finland and had the majority of chances but fell to in-form striker Teemu Pukki, who seems to be ruling the proceedings in this Nations League group. On Friday, they lost to Greece, a match in which they competed well in once more but came up just short as Kostas Mitroglou hit a second-half winner.

Although these losses will have dented Hungary’s confidence, they will fancy their chances for this match, as will Estonia in their quest to either score a goal or get a point. We think both teams to score holds value for this game as, although it could still be a low-scoring affair, the teams will really go for it to improve their standings in the group. A 1-1 draw seems appropriate as well, as these teams have been playing better than results suggest and will be content to add to their points tally, Estonia more than Hungary though.