Tip: An important victory for Germany who chases a playoff spot!

Germany and Hungary clash on Sunday in the sixth group stage of the 2023 World Cup. The venue is the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland, and the game start at 09:20 PM ET.

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Germany with double victories in the bag and in the hunt for a playoff spot

Germany started this year's World Championship in a very good way by standing up well against Sweden, Finland and USA, but where they fell by the odd goal in all three. Germany have since taken two solid victories as Denmark and Austria have been defeated 6-4 and 4-2 respectively. Germany have a solid defensive line to fall back on, and offensively, San Jose's Nico Sturm and Eisbären Berlin's Marcel Noebels carry the heaviest load. In addition to these two, Harold Kreis has an offensive that also includes players such as Dominik Kahun, John-Jason Peterka and Frederik Tiffels.

Hungary with their focus already Monday's game against Austria?

Hungary is in the danger zone of being relegated, as they have collected for two points so far in the championship and therefore have one point more than the group's worst placed team, Austria. Tomorrow, Monday, Hungary and Austria collide in what could therefore be a directly decisive match to stay in the top division. Has Hungary already set their sights on this match? For tomorrow's game to be meaningless, Hungary have to take three points here, and that is almost unlikely considering what they have done so far in the tournament, where they have lost 7-1 against USA, Sweden and Finland and 3-1 against Denmark, and where the only victory was against France where they won after overtime. In this year’s World Championship, Hungary have had a lot of difficultness, where they almost have been outplayed in all matches, and the roster is one of the weaker where the lack of top players shines through its absence.

Conclusion and game tips

Germany is chasing a playoff spot and needs three points against Hungary on Sunday to get ever closer to a quarter-final spot. The German team has so far done a good Championship with solid efforts throughout the tournament, and have two straight victories in the bag against Denmark and Austria. In addition, there is plenty of quality in the team where so far it has been Nico Sturm and Marcel Noebels who have delivered the best in the offensive, with Dominik Kahun, John-Jason Peterka and Frederik Tiffels also available. On the other side of the ice we have Hungary, which has a clearly more important battle on Monday when the existence of the top division is at stake in a match against Austria. Hungary have also had an incredibly difficult time in the Championship so far, as they have been almost outplayed in all matches. Considering that they have a more important match ahead in less than thirty hours after this one, I think that it is likely that Germany takes the win here with a good margin.

Germany to win by four goals or more @ -102 at Unibet