Merkantil Bank Liga match preview: Békéscsaba versus Szeged 2011

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kórház utcai stadion (13000 seats)

Békéscsaba and Szeged 2011 have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Merkantil Bank Liga.

Insights:
  • Békéscsaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Szeged 2011 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Békéscsaba form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Merkantil Bank Liga this season. Békéscsaba have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Kórház utcai stadion. The home stadium (Kórház utcai stadion) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Békéscsaba it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Stress levels are on the rise for Békéscsaba's attacking players as they have now played 557 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Lukacs was their last goal scorer.

The Békéscsaba crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Gyirmót here at Kórház utcai stadion in a Merkantil Bank Liga match. 0-0 away at Szolnoki MÁV before that.

Heartbreak for Békéscsaba in their last match as Gyirmót's M. Mayer scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

This is expected to be a close game, with Békéscsaba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Békéscsaba as a small favourite), we find three games. Békéscsaba has won zero of these, drawn one and lost two.

Békéscsaba have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Békéscsaba defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Szeged 2011 form and stats

Playing away, Szeged 2011 have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Merkantil Bank Liga this season. Szeged 2011 has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Szeged, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Kazincbarcika (placed 18th) in the Merkantil Bank Liga last time out. A 0-4 loss hosting Gyori ETO before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Szeged 2011 in our archives, and the results are: one win for Szeged, five draws and four defeats.

Szeged have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Szeged have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Szeged 2011 - Békéscsaba 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Békéscsaba won six, Szeged 2011 won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Szeged 2011T. German
T. German
4 goals
Szeged 2011A. Jovanović
A. Jovanović
3 goals
Szeged 2011T. Takács
T. Takács
3 goals

Békéscsaba missing players

Szeged 2011 missing players

Békéscsaba Szeged 2011
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
6 1 1 Won W 2 4 7
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 5 0 Lost L 1 4 9
19 7 3 Scored S 4 9 18
23 14 1 Conceded C 3 13 28
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 47%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 47%
39% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 16%
44% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.6 2.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.1 6.1
2.3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 2.5
56% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 40% 40%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Békéscsaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Szeged 2011 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 12 6 1 42 12 9 9 0 0 28 5 10 3 6 1 14 7 30 42
2 Budaors 19 13 0 6 35 19 8 6 0 2 18 12 11 7 0 4 17 7 16 39
3 Pécsi MFC 19 10 6 3 24 11 10 6 3 1 15 4 9 4 3 2 9 7 13 36
4 Vasas 19 10 6 3 31 19 10 6 4 0 19 9 9 4 2 3 12 10 12 36
5 Gyirmót 19 11 2 6 23 16 10 7 2 1 15 4 9 4 0 5 8 12 7 35
6 Szombathelyi Haladas 19 8 6 5 28 18 9 4 4 1 15 4 10 4 2 4 13 14 10 30
7 Soroksar SC 19 8 5 6 29 23 10 5 3 2 17 12 9 3 2 4 12 11 6 29
8 Szolnoki MÁV 19 7 7 5 19 20 10 7 1 2 12 7 9 0 6 3 7 13 -1 28
9 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 19 8 3 8 18 19 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 5 0 5 9 10 -1 27
10 Gyori ETO 19 7 5 7 29 22 9 4 3 2 10 6 10 3 2 5 19 16 7 26
11 Ajka 19 8 2 9 33 29 11 6 1 4 19 14 8 2 1 5 14 15 4 26
12 Békéscsaba 19 6 6 7 19 26 9 1 3 5 7 14 10 5 3 2 12 12 -7 24
13 Szeged 2011 19 7 3 9 18 28 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 4 1 4 9 13 -10 24
14 Siofok 19 7 2 10 27 31 10 5 1 4 18 17 9 2 1 6 9 14 -4 23
15 Kaposvári Rákóczi 19 5 6 8 20 29 10 3 3 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 9 14 -9 21
16 Dorogi 19 5 5 9 18 28 9 3 1 5 7 9 10 2 4 4 11 19 -10 20
17 Szentlőrinc SE 19 6 2 11 17 32 9 4 0 5 11 15 10 2 2 6 6 17 -15 20
18 Kazincbarcika 19 5 4 10 15 28 9 1 2 6 4 16 10 4 2 4 11 12 -13 19
19 Csákvári TK 19 3 6 10 29 42 9 1 5 3 13 20 10 2 1 7 16 22 -13 15
20 DEAC 19 3 0 16 15 37 10 3 0 7 9 16 9 0 0 9 6 21 -22 9

Read more about Merkantil Bank Liga

The Nemzeti Bajnokság II (meaning “National Championship II”) is the second level of football in Hungary. It is also known as Merkantil Bank Liga or shortened to NB II. It currently has 20 teams playing 38 fixtures each to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted, the bottom three relegated.