The league table in Merkantil Bank Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Debrecen leading Szentlőrinc SE by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
Debrecen form and stats
This stadium, Nagyerdei Stadion, has been a fortress for Debrecen in the Merkantil Bank Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-0. Debrecen haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Gyirmót, 94 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Debrecen tasted defeat here at Nagyerdei Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
An away draw last time out for Debrecen, facing Csákvári TK in a game that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Kazincbarcika and winning 3-0.
There will be little rest for Debrecen after this match as they are travelling to Szombathelyi Haladás for a Merkantil Bank Liga game in only four days.
Debrecen are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (24 goals in 8 games). Debrecen have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Szentlőrinc SE form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Szentlőrinc SE so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Szentlőrinc have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Szentlőrinc's previous game versus Budaörs (placed 2nd), a Merkantil Bank Liga 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Szentlőrinc manager M. Sluka faced defeat when travelling to Szombathelyi Haladás and losing 0-4.
A new game in only four days for Szentlőrinc, the Merkantil Bank Liga home match versus Siófok. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Szentlőrinc SE have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Bárány 8 goals |  Á. Bódi 5 goals | Á. Pintér 4 goals |
Debrecen missing players
Szentlőrinc SE missing players
| Debrecen | Szentlőrinc SE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 56% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 47% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 29% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 44% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 248 | 105 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 75 | 187 |
| 83 | 42 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 23 | 76 |
| 42% | 50% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 20% |
- Debrecen has the most points (24) at home in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen has the most scored goals (24) at home in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen has the most scored goals (38) in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen has the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen has the the best goal difference (+27) in Merkantil Bank Liga
- Debrecen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Debrecen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Debrecen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Debrecen have scored more than double the goals of Szentlőrinc SE.
- Debrecen have won all their matches at home so far.
- Debrecen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Szentlőrinc SE have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Budaörs | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Pécsi MFC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Vasas | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | Gyirmót | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Nyíregyháza Spartacus | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Szolnoki MÁV | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Soroksár SC | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Győri ETO | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Békéscsaba | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Szeged 2011 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Ajka | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Siófok | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Kazincbarcika | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Dorogi | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Szentlőrinc SE | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 17 |
| 19 | Csákvári TK | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 20 | DEAC | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 9 |