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Norway are undefeated in over 30 years against Hungary as the sides come together in the UEFA EURO 2016 play-offs.

Previous meetings
• Norway have won five and lost eight of their 18 meetings with Hungary though they are unbeaten in nine games against the Hungarians (W4 D5) since back-to-back defeats in qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

• In the teams' last encounter, Norway overcame Hungary 2-0 in a Budapest friendly in November 2012. Håvard Nielsen and Mohammed Abdellaoue scored the goals.

• Norway's home record against Hungary reads W3 D1 L4 though they are unbeaten in the sides' three most recent matches in Norway (W2 D1), with Hungary failing to score in those fixtures.

Form guide
• Norway are undefeated in their last four home qualifiers (W3 D1), and did not concede in the most recent three.

• Hungary's 4-3 reverse in Greece in their final Group F game was their first away loss in five UEFA EURO 2016 away qualifiers (W2 D2 L1).

• Norway lost their only previous EURO play-off, missing out on UEFA EURO 2004 with a 5-1 aggregate defeat by Spain.

• Norway also suffered disappointment in their sole FIFA World Cup play-off, going down 2-0 on aggregate to the Czech Republic to sit out the 2006 finals.

• Hungary won just one of their last four qualifying fixtures (W1 D2 L1). They were still poised to qualify as the best third-placed team until Turkey's late winner on the final matchday.

• Hungary are featuring in a UEFA European Championship play-off for the first time. They contested the 1998 World Cup play-offs but crashed out 12-1 on aggregate to Yugoslavia.

Disciplinary
• Hungary's Roland Juhász serves a one-game ban in the first leg having collected three bookings during the qualifying group stage; Balázs Dzsudzsák, Ákos Elek, Zoltán Gera and Krisztián Németh are all within a booking of a ban.

• Norway quartet Vegard Forren, Tom Høgli, Håvard Nordtveit and Alexander Søderlund will incur a ban with their next bookings.

Trivia and links
• Norway came third behind Italy and Croatia in Group H; Hungary finished behind Northern Ireland and Romania in Group F.

• Norway's lone previous EURO finals, UEFA EURO 2000, ended in a group stage exit. They did register one of the most memorable results in their history at that tournament, however, Steffen Iversen's header earning a 1-0 victory over Spain.

• Hungary have not figured at a major tournament since the 1986 World Cup. They were semi-finalists in the 1964 and 1972 UEFA European Championships.

• Hungary defender Predrag Bošnjak is 30 on 13 November – the day after the first leg.

• Hungary reserve goalkeeper Dénes Dibusz celebrates his 25th birthday on 16 November, the day after the second leg.