Can Újpest beat Zalaegerszegi TE in Szusza Ferenc Stadion clash?

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Szusza Ferenc Stadion (5145 seats)

Újpest are ready to clash heads with Zalaegerszegi TE in this OTP Bank Liga fixture. Everything you can know about the match can be found here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Újpest and Zalaegerszegi TE.

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Újpest form and stats

Újpest have less points than they have played home games in the OTP Bank Liga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The spoils were shared in Újpest's previous game, also at home. Visiting Zalaegerszegi TE (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The hometeam coach Kruščić made a successful contribution in the game against Zalaegerszegi TE, bringing on Tallo who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Puskas (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Újpest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

At Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Újpest has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats

Zalaegerszegi TE are still undefeated on their travels in the OTP Bank Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Zalaegerszegi TE are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Újpest (placed 10th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Honved with the score of 1-0.

Zalaegerszegi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

It's early days yet, but Zalaegerszegi TE has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Újpest - Zalaegerszegi TE 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Újpest victories, three draws and three Zalaegerszegi TE wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ÚjpestM. Katona
M. Katona
1 goals
ÚjpestG. Tallo
G. Tallo
1 goals
Zalaegerszegi TEM. Ubochioma
M. Ubochioma
1 goals

Újpest missing players

Zalaegerszegi TE missing players

Újpest Zalaegerszegi TE
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 1 2 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 1 2 2
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
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%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.3 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.5 5.5
3.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 9.5 9.5
3.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4.5 4.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 16.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9 9
5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.5
13% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 29%
 
5 2.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 18 18
2 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6 6
Újpest Last season Zalaegerszegi TE
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   16 33
12 7   Won W   4 10
8 5   Drew D   5 9
13 5   Lost L   7 14
50 28   Scored S   20 44
48 22   Conceded C   32 58
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 82%
70% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 61%
36% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 42%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 21%
73% 65%   BTTS BTTS   56% 61%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 27%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.9
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.4 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 9.5
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.8
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 35%
 
8.3 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 9.9
3.6 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 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 Kecskemeti TE 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
2 Varda SE 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
3 Paksi SE 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Zalaegerszegi TE 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4
5 MOL Vidi 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
6 Puskas 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 Ferencvaros 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Debrecen 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
9 Vasas 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
10 Újpest 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
11 Mezokovesd-Zsory 3 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
12 Honved 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 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 Mezokovesd-Zsory 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

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.