A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Mezőkövesd-Zsóry and Puskás know what's at stake in this second leg of the Hungarian Cup Quarter-finals clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Hungarian Cup. Debrecen was too strong.6-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the NB 1 numbers at home for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry so far this season. On the other hand, in the Hungarian Cup, Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It's back home for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kaposvári Rákóczi away with the result 4-0. B. Zivzivadze, T. Cseri, M. Jurina and D. Beširović found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Puskás and winning 1-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Mezőkövesd-Zsóry played a great game against Kaposvári Rákóczi and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Puskás are coming to town in three days.
The Mezőkövesd-Zsóry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Mezőkövesd-Zsóry are not conceding a lot of goals here at Városi stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Puskás form and stats
Puskás's mission in Hungarian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W6-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the NB 1. Total Hungarian Cup statistics for Puskás: 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Puskás are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
Puskás failed to get anything from their last game, a NB 1 home match vs MOL Vidi that ended with defeat 1-4. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Mezokovesd-Zsory.
The schedule is very tough for Puskás now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A NB 1 game at Mezokovesd-Zsory is waiting in only three days.
Puskás has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Puskás have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Puskás - Mezokovesd-Zsory 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mezőkövesd-Zsóry four wins, two draws and Puskás four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Zivzivadze 8 goals |   D. Vaněček II 8 goals | T. Cseri 7 goals |
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players
Puskás missing players
| Mezőkövesd-Zsóry | Puskás | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 38 | 54 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 265 | 134 | Total Shots | T S | 213 | 382 | ||
| 108 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 97 | 160 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferencváros | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 50 |
| 2 | MOL Vidi | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 49 |
| 3 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Puskás | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Diosgyor | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 6 | Honvéd | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 34 |
| 7 | Debrecen | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Varda SE | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 9 | Ujpest | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -6 | 28 |
| 10 | Paksi SE | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -12 | 27 |
| 11 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -33 | 10 |