Újpest manager Kruščić looking for three points in Mezőkövesd-Zsóry showdown

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Szusza Ferenc Stadion (5145 seats)

It's the premier game of the new season for Újpest and Mezőkövesd-Zsóry. The leaf is empty, the possibilities unlimited.

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Újpest form and stats

In the previous season, Újpest's league stats were 12 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, ending with 5th spot in the OTP Bank Liga. From these 33 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 48. Playing as the host team in the last season Újpest generated 7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 22 conceded.

Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Újpest handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Újpest have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Újpest scored 11 goals and let in 6 goals during these five games.

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Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats

Let's have a look at how Mezőkövesd-Zsóry performed last season in the OTP Bank Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 21/28 goals scored/conceded.

Hooray; their first three points in the league after six games not winning.

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry played eight friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In these eight matches Mezőkövesd-Zsóry scored 21 and conceded 15 goals.

Head 2 Head

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

Újpest missing players

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Újpest Mezőkövesd-Zsóry
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Újpest Last season Mezőkövesd-Zsóry
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   17 33
12 7   Won W   6 10
8 5   Drew D   2 8
13 5   Lost L   9 15
50 28   Scored S   21 37
48 22   Conceded C   28 49
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 67%
70% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 52%
36% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 36%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
73% 65%   BTTS BTTS   47% 48%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 39%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.2
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.8
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.4 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.2
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%
 
8.3 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 11.2
3.6 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 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 Zalaegerszegi TE 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Debrecen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ferencvaros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kecskemeti TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MOL Vidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Paksi SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Puskas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Újpest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Varda SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Vasas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Honved 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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 22 5 6 60 31 17 10 3 4 32 21 16 12 2 2 28 10 29 71
2 Varda SE 33 16 11 6 50 34 16 11 3 2 32 17 17 5 8 4 18 17 16 59
3 Puskas 33 14 12 7 43 34 16 8 3 5 23 19 17 6 9 2 20 15 9 54
4 MOL Vidi 33 13 9 11 48 43 16 9 3 4 28 20 17 4 6 7 20 23 5 48
5 Újpest 33 12 8 13 50 48 17 7 5 5 28 22 16 5 3 8 22 26 2 44
6 Paksi SE 33 12 7 14 75 63 17 7 2 8 37 32 16 5 5 6 38 31 12 43
7 Debrecen 33 10 9 14 45 52 16 5 6 5 24 23 17 5 3 9 21 29 -7 39
8 Zalaegerszegi TE 33 10 9 14 44 58 17 6 4 7 24 26 16 4 5 7 20 32 -14 39
9 Honved 33 10 8 15 48 51 16 5 5 6 24 22 17 5 3 9 24 29 -3 38
10 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry 33 10 8 15 37 49 16 4 6 6 16 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -12 38
11 MTK 33 9 9 15 28 50 17 5 5 7 12 21 16 4 4 8 16 29 -22 36
12 Gyirmot 33 7 11 15 34 49 17 2 8 7 15 23 16 5 3 8 19 26 -15 32

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zalaegerszegi TE 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Debrecen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ferencvaros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kecskemeti TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MOL Vidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Paksi SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Puskas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Újpest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Varda SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Vasas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Honved 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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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.