National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Várda SE or Újpest that keep their silverware dream alive.
Újpest could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a NB 1 game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at MOL Vidi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Várda SE form and stats
Várda participated in Hungarian Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th round.Várda SE have collected 17 points from their NB 1 home games so far after 4-5-4. This match is a Hungarian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Várda goalkeeper Mihai Adrian Minca is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 235 minutes without conceding a goal in the NB 1.
A good away victory last time out for Várda, who won 1-0 against Mezokovesd-Zsory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus MOL Vidi that ended 0-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Várda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ferencvaros are coming to town in three days.
Várda aren't scoring a lot here at Várkerti Stadion in the league, with only 9 goals from 13 games. Várda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Várkerti Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Újpest form and stats
Újpest's mission in Hungarian Cup last season failed in the 8th finals against MOL Vidi.There's been little loot from Újpest's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the NB 1. Újpest only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. When we have look at the Hungarian Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Újpest, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus MOL Vidi in the NB 1. Ahead of that match was the NB 1 away draw versus Honved that ended 2-2.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against MOL Vidi was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Újpest playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Újpest wins, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mezokovesd-Zsory in just three days.
Újpest find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Újpest, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Várda SE three wins, one draw and Újpest five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Beridze 9 goals |  K. Simon 6 goals |   C. Bumba 4 goals |
Várda SE missing players
Újpest missing players
| Várda SE | Újpest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 28 | 47 | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 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 | Ferencvaros | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 41 | 65 |
| 2 | Puskas | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | MOL Vidi | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 44 |
| 4 | Paksi SE | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 54 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | MTK | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 6 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 7 | Várda SE | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 38 |
| 8 | Újpest | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -20 | 35 |
| 9 | Honved | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Budafoki MTE | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 12 | Diosgyor | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 23 |