Hungary vs. Netherlands: Euro 2012 qualifiers – Preview
Sandor Egervari’s Hungary will take on Bert van Marwijk’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 in the Euro 2012 qualifier at the Stadion Puskas Ferenc in Budapest on 25 March, 2011.
Netherlands thrashed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hungary-c2920 6-1 in the summer of 2010 when the two sides met in an international friendly just before the FIFA World Cup.
Hungary
Egervari’s side are placed second in the Group E of the qualification campaign with 9 points. They have won three of the four matches in the process, scoring an impressive 12 goals. Their only defeat in the campaign came against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 in September 2010.
Hungary have been in a brilliant run of form recently and have won all of the last five matches played and scored 16 goals, conceding only two. It is a great chance for the hosts to qualify for the European Championships for the first time since 1972.
Netherlands
Holland have carried their sensational form from the 2010 FIFA World Cup and have been superb in the qualification phase. They are currently on top of the Group E with 12 points and have won all four matches in the campaign.
The visitors have scored 12 goals and conceded only two so far and look set to qualify for the European Championships in 2012. The Oranje are undefeated in their last five matches and will be looking to carry on with the streak.
Team News
Hungary
Ipswich Town striker Tamas Priskin is expected to miss the clash through injury and Balazs Dzsudzsak is expected to replace him in attack. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gergely-Rudolf-c14699 is also expected to feature in the fixture whereas Fulham’s Zoltan Gera will captain the Hungarian side.
Netherlands
The visitors will be without some key players in the clash like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 has scored a staggering eight goals in the four qualifying matches for his country but
he will miss out due to injury as well.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 are also expected to feature.
Players to watch
Balazs Dzsudzsak
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 winger has been in prime form for his club and is dangerous in the air. He has already scored two goals in the two games played in the campaign and will be looking to score again against the difficult opposition.
Robin van Persie
The Dutchman has been brilliant in the ongoing 2010-11 season with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and has scored 16 goals from a total of 21 appearances. The striker will be looking to score some goals in the fixture to ensure his team’s qualification for next season’s European
Championships.
Prediction
The Dutch have been sensational in the last 12 months and have had a brilliant World Cup behind them. Even though the Hungarian team has the home advantage, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to get something from the match. The Oranje are expected
to win 3-1 and make it five wins in five matches in the qualifying campaign.
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