Israel travel to Budapest as firm favourites for the Davis Cup European Zone Group 1 clash against Hungary.

It will be a major surprise if Dudi Sela (89) and Amir Weintraub (197) fail against a team led by Marton Fucsovics (203) and Peter Nagy at 612, the next highest ranked player. Jonathan Erlich is also available for the doubles.

Israel's non-playing captain Eyal Ran said: "Any away tie on clay is tough for us, but I believe that the experience and abilities of the players to raise their game when representing Israel will make the difference and we'll come home with a victory."

The winners host Slovakia in the second round in July for the right to advance to the World Group promotion play-off in September.