Újpest welcome Mezőkövesd-Zsóry as odds-on favourites: Full preview

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Szusza Ferenc Stadion (5145 seats)

Read up on this engrossing fixture in the OTP Bank Liga. Újpest is in the 1st spot from participating in two fixtures. They greet Mezőkövesd-Zsóry who are placed 12th from two games.

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's look for an active match!

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Újpest form and stats

Újpest have only played one OTP Bank Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

Újpest shared the glory with Puskas in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Újpest salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Puskas, trailing 1-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Ljujić equalizing. The 3-3 game vs Puskas was a bittersweet experience for Ljujić. Despite scoring three goals the match ended a draw.

Before that, Újpest had a home game versus MOL Vidi which ended with a victory 2-1.

Újpest has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the OTP Bank Liga ended in defeat. Last season Mezőkövesd-Zsóry had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 3, drew 5 and lost 8.

Home advantage was not enough for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry in their previous game as they lost hosting Diósgyőr, 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Diósgyőr was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Prior to that match, the Mezőkövesd-Zsóry manager Kuttor faced defeat when travelling to Debrecen and losing 1-3.

{1 goals} so far away for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Újpest five wins, three draws and Mezőkövesd-Zsóry two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ÚjpestM. Ljujić
M. Ljujić
4 goals
Mezőkövesd-ZsóryS. Dražić
S. Dražić
3 goals
ÚjpestL. Mack
L. Mack
1 goals

Újpest missing players

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players

Újpest Mezőkövesd-Zsóry
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 2 Scored S 0 1 3
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1.5 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 2.5
4.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5
2.5 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.5 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 1 8.5
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.5
71% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 43%
 
6 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3 6.5
3 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
Újpest Last season Mezőkövesd-Zsóry
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   16 33
11 8   Won W   3 11
8 5   Drew D   5 9
14 4   Lost L   8 13
42 32   Scored S   15 40
55 28   Conceded C   20 43
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
76% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 64%
55% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 42%
36% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 21%
24% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
58% 76%   BTTS BTTS   50% 58%
24% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 21%
24% 6%   Failed to Score F T   38% 27%
 
4.9 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.1
4.3 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.8
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
8.6 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 8
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
34% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 39%
 
6.7 4.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 11.2
3.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Újpest 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 4
2 Puskas 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Ferencvaros 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Kecskemeti TE 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Debrecen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Diósgyőr 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
7 Varda SE 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
8 Zalaegerszegi TE 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
9 Paksi SE 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 MTK 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
11 MOL Vidi 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
12 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ferencvaros 33 19 6 8 62 33 16 10 4 2 33 14 17 9 2 6 29 19 29 63
2 Kecskemeti TE 33 15 12 6 48 32 17 9 6 2 31 17 16 6 6 4 17 15 16 57
3 Debrecen 33 15 9 9 52 39 17 9 4 4 28 17 16 6 5 5 24 22 13 54
4 Puskas 33 14 11 8 48 42 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 5 8 4 24 22 6 53
5 Paksi SE 33 14 7 12 57 57 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 6 5 6 33 38 0 49
6 Varda SE 33 10 13 10 43 49 17 6 7 4 24 20 16 4 6 6 19 29 -6 43
7 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry 33 11 9 13 40 43 17 8 4 5 25 23 16 3 5 8 15 20 -3 42
8 Újpest 33 11 8 14 42 55 17 8 5 4 32 28 16 3 3 10 10 27 -13 41
9 Zalaegerszegi TE 33 10 9 14 37 43 16 6 5 5 17 16 17 4 4 9 20 27 -6 39
10 MOL Vidi 33 8 11 14 38 43 16 7 7 2 27 14 17 1 4 12 11 29 -5 35
11 Honved 33 8 9 16 34 51 16 4 5 7 18 20 17 4 4 9 16 31 -17 33
12 Vasas 33 4 14 15 29 43 17 2 7 8 16 23 16 2 7 7 13 20 -14 26

Read more about OTP Bank Liga

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (meaning “National Championship I”) is the top level of Hungarian football. Is also known by the sponsorship name OTP Bank Liga, or shortened to NB 1. It was founded in 1901. The present format has twelve teams playing each other three times for a total of 33 fixtures.