Hungary vs Armenia prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-10-10 16:00.
[p]Hungary are looking for their first win of this 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (WCQ) cycle when they host Armenia in Budapest. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Pursuing their first World Cup finals appearance since 1986, Hungary began their qualifying campaign in deeply frustrating fashion, squandering a 2-0 lead and going down to ten men against the Republic of Ireland (2-2), before opening the scoring against Portugal only to lose 3-2. The Magyars are now winless in their last six competitive matches (D2, L4), and their home form offers little hope of them witnessing a change in fortunes here, given Hungary are winless in their last six Budapest-held internationals (D3, L3), losing each of the last three. [/p]
[p]Perhaps somewhat embarrassingly for Hungary, #103-ranked Armenia are above them in Group F despite starting their qualifying campaign by losing 5-0 to Portugal, responding impressively with a 2-1 win over Ireland. That latter result ended a five-game run in all internationals without a victory (D1, L4) for Armenia, who now have the chance to earn back-to-back wins in competitive fixtures for the first time since June 2023 and further strengthen their bid to qualify for their first major tournament as an independent nation. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This match-up has been contested only once, with Hungary winning 2-0 in a friendly in February 2004.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Hungary’s last six games featured over 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p]None of Hungary’s last five matches saw the home side on the day win (D1, L4). [/p]
[p]Armenia’s last seven games all produced over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Armenia’s opponents on the day did not receive a first-half booking in any of their last five matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Dominik Szoboszlai has avoided defeat in his last 12 scoring appearances at international level (W10, D2), with 12 of his 16 international goals arriving after half-time. Armenia forward Grant-Leon Ranos found the net against Ireland last month, with that being his first goal for club or country in a senior team since August 2023. [/p]
[p]Hungary’s Barnabás Varga and Roland Sallai, are both suspended for this fixture, while first-choice goalkeeper Dénes Dibusz is injured. Armenia appear to have a full-strength squad. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Hungary and Armenia’s recent internationals have been full of goals, so it is worth betting on Hungary to win with over 3.5 total goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]