Euro 2016 match preview: Belgium vs Hungary

Belgium will take on group F winners Hungary in their final 16 game as they look to a grab a third successive win and clean sheet in the 2016 edition of the European Championship.

Belgium kicked off their tournament with a 2-0 defeat to Italy which in turn cost them the first spot in the group, but the defeat seemed like a motivation as they went on smash Republic of Ireland 3-0 in their second game before finally beating Sweden 1-0 in their final game. They will be hoping to win this game to grab their first knockout stage win in European Championship since 1980.

Meanwhile Hungary’s 2-0 win against Austria in their first game helped them to secure the first top after they drew the remaining 2 games with Iceland and Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal. Hungary have appeared as one of the fan favorite teams in this tournament and they will work hard in this game to please their followers.

Belgium: Predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1)

Courtois – Menuier, Alderwiereld, Vermaleen, Vertoghen – Nainggolan, Witsel – Ferreira, De Bryune, Hazard – Lukaku

Hungary: Predicted Line-up (4-3-3)

Kiraly – Lang, Juhasz, Guzmics, Kadar – Kleinheisler, Gera, Nagy – Dzsudzsak, Priskin, Stieber

Belgium vs Hungary: Head to Head

The Belgians are unbeaten against Hungary in their previous 5 encounters, they have won 4 times against Hungary and drawn 1.

Belgium are Currently on a 3 game winning streak over Hungary and they have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 ties.

The 2 teams have met once on the European championship platform in 1972 which Belgium claimed a 2-1 victory.