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Preview: Azerbaijan vs Hungary – prediction, team news, lineups

• Posted on June 10, 2025

Two sides currently enduring lengthy winless streaks will square off on Tuesday, as Azerbaijan play host to Hungary at Dalga Arena for an international friendly showdown.

The home side have gone nine matches without a victory, while the Magyars have not tasted triumph in their last five games.

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It takes a trip back to June 2024 to find Azerbaijan's most recent win, a narrow 3-2 result in a friendly against Kazakhstan, secured just a day before Fernando Santos was officially appointed as head coach.

Since that triumoh, Milli komanda have gone nine games without tasting victory, recording seven defeats and two draws across both friendlies and the UEFA Nations League.

Even with the arrival of the experienced Santos, who famously led Portugal to glory in the inaugural edition of Europe's tier-based international competition, the downturn was inevitable.

Azerbaijan picked up just a single point from their six Nations League outings between September and November 2024, resulting in relegation to League D, and the turn of the year has offered little respite.

Santos’s men have featured in three friendlies so far in 2025, suffering defeats against Haiti and Belarus in March, before battling to a goalless stalemate away at Latvia in their most recent outing. 

Both ends of the pitch have proved problematic for Milli komanda, who have conceded 22 goals in those nine matches and failed to score in any of their last five.

Their scoring troubles extend to this fixture as well, with Azerbaijan drawing blanks in five of their seven previous meetings with Hungary.

The Magyars have dominated the head-to-head, winning all seven encounters and conceding just twice, though they arrive in Baku with struggles of their own.

Since recording a 2-0 victory away at Bosnia and Herzegovina in October, Marco Rossi's men have managed just one draw, while losing four, including a 6-1 aggregate defeat to Turkey in the Nations League playoffs. 

That disappointing outcome saw Hungary demoted from the top tier to League B for the 2026-27 campaign, matching Azerbaijan's fall in the competition.

Rossi's side returned to action last Friday for the first time since March, losing 2-0 on thier own turf to Sweden, making it back-to-back games without scoring.

However, they can take comfort from their historical dominance in this fixture, having netted 19 times across their seven previous clashes with Tuesday's opponents.

Hungary's form on the road also raises some concern, with their victory in Bosnia one of only two wins from their last 10 away matches, while they have lost their most recent two.

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Sports Mole previews Tuesday's International Friendlies clash | Source: Sports Mole

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