National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nyíregyháza Spartacus or Paksi SE that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Nyíregyháza saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the NB 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus Debrecen, was also a home game here at Városi stadion. The away team is better rested.
Nyíregyháza Spartacus form and stats
Nyíregyháza Spartacus have not come this way in the Hungarian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Lorinci. Last season their Hungarian Cup adventure ended in the 7th round.Nyíregyháza Spartacus have played 6 NB 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Nyíregyháza Spartacus drew their last game, also a home match. Debrecen was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Budaors in the NB 2.
There will be little rest for Nyíregyháza after this match as they are travelling to Siófok for a NB 2 game in only three days.
The Nyíregyháza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Nyíregyháza Spartacus have conceded only 4 goals.
Paksi SE form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated FC Hatvan in order to reach 32nd Finals of Hungarian Cup. Paksi was sent out of Hungarian Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Honvéd turned out to be too strong.Paksi SE are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the NB 1, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Paksi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Honvéd that finished 0-0. Before that, Paksi secured a home win against Zalaegerszegi TE with the score 3-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The NB 1 trip to Budafoki MTE.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Paksi have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. The Paksi manager G. Osztermájer has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - three - four (Nyíregyháza wins - draws - Paksi SE wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hahn 5 goals |  B. Ötvös 3 goals | M. Hornyák 3 goals |
Nyíregyháza Spartacus missing players
Paksi SE missing players
| Nyíregyháza Spartacus | Paksi SE | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 52 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 187 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 251 | ||
| 79 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 99 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Debrecen | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Budaors | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Gyirmot | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Békéscsaba | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Pécsi MFC | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Soroksár SC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Vasas | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Nyíregyháza Spartacus | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Kazincbarcika | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Szolnoki MAV | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Szeged 2011 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Ajka | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dorogi | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Győri ETO | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | Siófok | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Szentlőrinc SE | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Csakvari TK | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
| 20 | DEAC | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 6 |
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | MOL Vidi | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Budafoki MTE | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Paksi SE | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Várda SE | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Újpest | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 7 | MTK | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Puskás | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Honvéd | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Diósgyőr | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |