Poland vs Hungary: Analysis and Prediction – As part of the Olympic games’ pre-qualifiers, Poland will play against Hungary in Gliwice.
Poland vs Hungary odds
Poland vs Hungary (1/2): 1.05 / 8.50
Asian Handicap ( -15.5.5 / +15.5): 1.86 / 1.80
Total Over/Under (154.5): 1.83 / 1.83
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Poland Team News
Poland played three preparation games this summer. They won easily versus North Macedonia, 84-52, and lost two games against Turkey, 84-87 and 73-98. Turkey had most of their top guys (like Sengun, Sanli, and Korkmaz), so a second defeat isn’t something that is really concerning.
Poland will have their leader Mateusz Ponitka, and there also will be Aleksander Balcerowski, their best center. There are some changes about naturalized players though: instead of A.J. Slaughter, Geoffrey Grosselle will play this summer for Poland. Grosselle got solid European playing experience and played with many Poland national team members as part of Zielona Gora in 2020/21 and Legia Warsawa in 2022/23.
Jeremy Sochan won’t play, and the same case is with Aleksander Dziewa. Poland doesn’t have a high chance to get into the Olympic qualifiers, but Igor Milicic thinks they are prepared well and should give their best even with some absences. The squad is fairly healthy.
Hungary Team News
Hungary played four preparation games this summer, and they only won one. It was versus Iceland, while they lost to Israel and two times to Estonia. All defeats were with huge differences, as the lowest one was by 14 points in the second game versus Estonia.
Their main star, Adam Hanga, won’t be available. It is a huge blow, as he is the alpha and omega of this national team. Also, there won’t be a naturalized player Mikael Hopkins.
Hungary will have some injury problems, as David Vojvoda and Bendek Varadi got injuries and their status will be known at the beginning of the game.
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Poland vs Hungary H2H
They played four times with each other, and they split. The last one was in 2019 as part of the DBB Supercup, in which Hungary won.
Absences and Injuries
Poland won’t have Slaughter as a naturalized player, Dziewa and Sochan won’t play, and Hungary will be without Hanga and Hopkins, while Vojvoda and Varadi are questionable.
Poland vs Hungary Prediction
Poland got much more quality in their squad. They got an experienced naturalized player in Grosselle, they have their leader Ponitka, and also promising and talented center Balcerowski. Without Hanga, Hungary is much weaker, everything goes through him. Most of Hungary’s squad are players that play in Hungary league, which is fairly weak. Of 12 players that are called up, there will be two that are under 20 years old. We expect an easy Poland victory.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 13.08.2023, 13:30 CET
Prediction: Poland -15.5
Odds: 1.86
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