Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mezőkövesd-Zsóry & Zalaegerszegi TE face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hungarian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Mezőkövesd-Zsóry nor Zalaegerszegi TE as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Hungarian Cup.The complete NB 1 statistics playing at home this season for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry are confident in defense, having played 236 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry drew their last game, also a home match. Honved was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Paksi SE.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 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry after this match as they are travelling to Ferencvaros for a NB 1 game in only 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 11 matches. On the other hand, Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have conceded 14 goals.
Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats
They also participated in Hungarian Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their NB 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Csóka and Szalay scored in Zalaegerszegi TE's previous match, the home game against MOL Vidi that ended 2-1. Crazy, but still true: this side has finished three consecutive league games with the result 2-0!
A draw for Zalaegerszegi TE before that, at their own venue hosting Vasas (0-0).We have checked recent matches where Zalaegerszegi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zalaegerszegi TE manager Moniz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Paksi SE.
Zalaegerszegi TE find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Zalaegerszegi have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Zalaegerszegi TE have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) facing Mezőkövesd-Zsóry.The matches between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Ikoba 10 goals |  S. Dražić 9 goals | D. Beširović 4 goals |
Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players
Zalaegerszegi TE missing players
| Mezőkövesd-Zsóry | Zalaegerszegi TE | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| 11.9 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 7 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 49 |
| 2 | Kecskemeti TE | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Varda SE | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 4 | Debrecen | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Puskas | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Mezőkövesd-Zsóry | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Paksi SE | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Ujpest | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | MOL Vidi | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Vasas | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Honved | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
