Hungary vs Croatia Prediction, Tips & Odds – 20.01.2024
Hungary vs Croatia Prediction 20.01.2024. This Saturday in the second round of the second stage of the EHF handball Euro Croatia find themselves in a must-win situation against Hungary.
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Hungary vs Croatia Odds
Hungary Team News
Hungary are an average team in terms of European and world handball and their results in this Euro prove that. They had quite an easy group without a clear-cut favourite to win the gold and successfully progressed to the second stage courtesy of three wins over Montenegro, Serbia and Iceland. The last win over Iceland also means they entered this second stage with a maximum of two points.
They didn´t open the second stage well because they were surprised by Austria in a dramatic one-goal defeat, so just like Croatia, today´s game is a must-win for them. As far as the Hungarian roster is concerned they are led by well-known handball names Banhidi, Ancsin, Lekai and Mathe, but they don´t have the quality that would make them the favourites against Croatia.
Croatia Team News
Following a successful first stage, Croatia went down to the wire in the handball classic against France, but in the end didn´t have enough to avoid a narrow and dramatic 34:32 loss. It is also worth mentioning that Croatia entered that game without their best offensive player Ivan Martinović, who has been ruled out from this tournament because of an injury, and also their team leader Domagoj Duvnjak, who was suffering from a fever.
The defeat against France basically means that Croatia have to win all of their three remaining games to progress to the semifinal, including the clash against the hosts Germany. A very tough task, but the young and the high-flying Croatians have the potential to beat anyone and it all starts with this clash against Hungary, which is an absolute must-win game for them.
Hungary vs Croatia Prediction
Domagoj Duvnjak will most probably be back for this crucial match in which we see Croatia as the clear favourites, so we decided to give them our trust and opted for Croatia to win and to cover the spread for very solid 1.85 odds.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 20.01.2024. 06:00 PM Local Time GMT+1/ 18:00 CET
Prediction: Handiсap Croatia (-2)
Odds(when tipped): 1.85
Sportsbook: 22bet
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