MTK and Békéscsaba spectators can't wait for Merkantil Bank Liga clash at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (5000 seats)

MTK and Békéscsaba supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Merkantil Bank Liga season. Game on!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for MTK and Békéscsaba.

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MTK form and stats

The manager M. Boris will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dunaujvaros-Palhalma in only three days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for MTK, who have participated in two training matches. MTK have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, MTK's league statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Merkantil Bank Liga. Over these 33 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 56. Playing at home last season MTK managed 5-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 26 conceded.

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Békéscsaba form and stats

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Békéscsaba manager S. Schindler as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Puskás.

Just as the home team, Békéscsaba have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Békéscsaba wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Békéscsaba performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 28/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Békéscsaba - MTK 3-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): MTK won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Békéscsaba has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

MTKI. Szatmári
I. Szatmári
15 goals

MTK missing players

Békéscsaba missing players

MTK Békéscsaba
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 10 22
16 9 2 Won W 1 4 8
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 6
2 0 0 Lost L 3 5 8
53 25 10 Scored S 3 10 26
25 10 6 Conceded C 10 13 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
86% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
77% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 41%
36% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 27%
27% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 14%
64% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 41%
32% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 27%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
5.8 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 4.4
3.4 3.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.5
1.4 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
259 129 48 Total Shots T S 24 66 166
111 50 17 Shots on Target S O 7 29 76
48% 50% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 32%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • MTK have not yet lost a game at home.
  • MTK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • MTK have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • MTK have scored more than double the goals of Békéscsaba.
  • MTK 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 Ajka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Balmazujvaros Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Békéscsaba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Budafoki MTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Budaors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Csákvári TK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dorogi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gyirmot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gyori ETO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kazincbarcika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MTK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nyiregyhaza Spartacus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Siofok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Soroksar SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Szeged 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Szolnoki MAV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Szombathelyi Haladás 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tiszakecske 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Vasas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ferencváros 33 23 5 5 72 27 17 14 3 0 45 12 16 9 2 5 27 15 45 74
2 MOL Vidi 33 18 7 8 53 37 17 11 3 3 28 18 16 7 4 5 25 19 16 61
3 Debrecen 33 14 9 10 44 39 17 11 4 2 30 16 16 3 5 8 14 23 5 51
4 Honved 33 13 10 10 46 38 17 9 4 4 31 22 16 4 6 6 15 16 8 49
5 Újpest 33 12 12 9 38 28 17 8 7 2 20 8 16 4 5 7 18 20 10 48
6 Mezokovesd-Zsory 33 12 8 13 45 40 16 9 3 4 28 15 17 3 5 9 17 25 5 44
7 Puskás 33 11 7 15 36 45 17 9 4 4 22 17 16 2 3 11 14 28 -9 40
8 Paksi SE 33 9 12 12 33 46 16 7 5 4 21 20 17 2 7 8 12 26 -13 39
9 Várda SE 33 10 8 15 36 48 16 5 5 6 19 21 17 5 3 9 17 27 -12 38
10 Diósgyőr 33 10 8 15 36 57 16 8 4 4 20 16 17 2 4 11 16 41 -21 38
11 MTK 33 10 4 19 42 56 16 5 2 9 19 26 17 5 2 10 23 30 -14 34
12 Szombathelyi Haladás 33 8 6 19 31 51 16 5 4 7 18 20 17 3 2 12 13 31 -20 30
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zalaegerszegi TE 37 24 7 6 72 41 19 14 2 3 42 21 18 10 5 3 30 20 31 79
2 Kaposvari Rakoczi 37 20 11 6 59 40 18 10 5 3 24 18 19 10 6 3 35 22 19 71
3 Vasas 37 18 11 8 73 59 18 9 6 3 44 33 19 9 5 5 29 26 14 65
4 Gyirmot 37 20 4 13 74 49 19 11 2 6 39 23 18 9 2 7 35 26 25 64
5 Budaors 37 19 4 14 61 46 19 9 3 7 35 24 18 10 1 7 26 22 15 61
6 Békéscsaba 37 17 9 11 56 46 18 11 3 4 28 16 19 6 6 7 28 30 10 60
7 Soroksar SC 37 18 5 14 67 58 19 10 3 6 41 34 18 8 2 8 26 24 9 59
8 Gyori ETO 37 16 7 14 58 46 18 9 6 3 25 15 19 7 1 11 33 31 12 55
9 Nyiregyhaza Spartacus 37 15 10 12 52 48 18 11 3 4 33 21 19 4 7 8 19 27 4 55
10 Kazincbarcika 37 15 8 14 56 50 19 7 5 7 30 32 18 8 3 7 26 18 6 53
11 Csákvári TK 37 12 16 9 57 55 18 5 7 6 28 32 19 7 9 3 29 23 2 52
12 Vac 37 11 13 13 44 47 19 6 8 5 18 17 18 5 5 8 26 30 -3 46
13 Siofok 37 11 11 15 47 53 18 7 5 6 19 19 19 4 6 9 28 34 -6 44
14 Dorogi 37 10 12 15 53 58 19 6 5 8 26 27 18 4 7 7 27 31 -5 42
15 Tiszakecske 37 9 15 13 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 19 3 9 7 13 30 -18 42
16 Budafoki MTE 37 12 5 20 45 64 19 9 3 7 29 28 18 3 2 13 16 36 -19 41
17 Balmazujvaros Sport 37 9 10 18 29 48 18 6 4 8 18 21 19 3 6 10 11 27 -19 37
18 Cegledi 37 8 8 21 35 66 19 5 5 9 21 34 18 3 3 12 14 32 -31 32
19 MTE 1904 37 6 13 18 35 59 19 5 5 9 16 25 18 1 8 9 19 34 -24 31
20 Monori SE 37 6 9 22 47 69 18 3 8 7 24 32 19 3 1 15 23 37 -22 27

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.