Ukraine vs Hungary - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to instrumentality revenge successful the UEFA Nations League, Hungary volition question to look Group B2 rivals Ukraine astatine City Arena Trnava connected Monday.

The Blue and Yellow are looking to bounce backmost from decision past clip out, portion the Magyars could gain back-to-back wins.

Match preview

Andrea Maldera's Ukraine kicked disconnected their Nations League run successful beardown fashion, but person stumbled successful the 2 games since.

The Blue and Yellow seized each 3 points successful a 1-0 triumph against Hungary connected September 25, courtesy of an effort from Danylo Sikan conscionable earlier fractional time.

That triumph was Maldera's archetypal competitory triumph since being appointed backmost successful May, though it remains his lone 1 truthful far.

Ukraine were frustratingly held to a goalless gully by Georgia 3 days aft downing the Magyars, earlier falling to a 3-0 beating by Northern Ireland connected Friday.

Despite dropping 4 points from their past 2 outings, Monday's nominal hosts are inactive 2nd successful the Group B2 table, but this clash has go a six-pointer fixed they are level with their opponents.

Meanwhile, Marco Rossi's Hungary person grown into the Nations League arsenic it has progressed, experiencing a starkly other trajectory to Ukraine.

The Magyars' opening nonaccomplishment to the Blue and Yellow brought an extremity to a four-game unbeaten run, a agelong that saw the squad people six goals and concede conscionable twice.

However, Rossi's broadside were capable to gain their archetypal constituent with a 0-0 stalemate distant to Northern Ireland 3 days later, earlier moving retired 1-0 winners against Georgia astatine Puskas Arena connected Friday.

Liverpool left-back Milos Kerkez was the lucifer victor successful Budapest, heading location the lone extremity of the crippled - and the lone 1 of Hungary's Nations League run to date.

Aiming to physique connected that marginal success, Monday's visitors volition beryllium buoyed by their commendable grounds connected the road, which features a five-game undefeated spell and consecutive cleanable sheets up of this clash.

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Team News

Ukraine volition beryllium without striker Danylo Sikan connected Monday, arsenic helium serves a suspension for accumulating yellowish cards, though Roman Yaremchuk should beryllium connected manus to commencement up top.

Likewise, defender Mykola Matviyenko is sitting retired owed to a yellow-card suspension, portion left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko is unavailable aft leaving the nationalist team's campy owed to injury.

In their absence, Maldera could sanction a backmost 4 of Valeriy Bondar, Ilya Zabarnyi, Eduard Sarapiy and Bogdan Mykhaylichenko.

As for Hungary, they are missing left-back Milos Kerkez, who is suspended aft picking up a yellowish paper against Georgia, and Akos Markgraf is apt to commencement successful his spot connected Monday.

On the different flank, right-back Bendeguz Volla is dealing with an ankle injury, truthful expect to see Attila Osvath run connected the right-hand broadside of the visiting defence.

Elsewhere, winger Damir Redzic is recovering from an ankle contented of his own, but Zsolt Nagy volition beryllium acceptable to enactment striker Milan Toth from the left, with Daniel Lukacs connected the right.

Ukraine imaginable starting lineup:

Riznyk; Bondar, Zabarnyi, Sarapiy, Mykhaylichenko; Brazhko; Yarmolenko, Ocheretko, Tsygankov, Sudakov; Yaremchuk

Hungary imaginable starting lineup:

Toth; Osvath, Orban, Csinger, Markgraf; Schafer, Szoboszlai; Lukacs, A Toth, Nagy; M Toth

We say: Ukraine 0-1 Hungary

Ukraine started their Nations League run with a commendable triumph implicit Monday's opponents, but they person struggled successful the days since, and volition beryllium hard-pressed to debar different loss.

Hungary should beryllium capable to travel retired connected apical successful a constrictive victory, but considering they person lone scored 1 extremity crossed their past 3 outings, bash not expect to spot a high-scoring affair.

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