Merkantil Bank Liga preview: Can MTK edge out victory against Vasas?

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (5000 seats)

It's ground zero in Merkantil Bank Liga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how MTK and Vasas did in their pre-season friendlies!

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Hungarian Cup match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dorogi, was also a home game here at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion. The away team is better rested.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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MTK form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how MTK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for MTK as they are travelling to their away game against Nyiregyhaza Spartacus in the Merkantil Bank Liga. That match is four days after this one.

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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Vasas form and stats

Vasas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

After this away game Vasas return home for a Merkantil Bank Liga game against Vac. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Let's have a look at how Vasas performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 11 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 29/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vasas - MTK 1-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: MTK won five, Vasas won four and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VasasA. Balajti
A. Balajti
28 goals
VasasB. Birtalan
B. Birtalan
13 goals
VasasS. Torghelle
S. Torghelle
7 goals

MTK missing players

Vasas missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MTK Vasas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 12 26
17 10 4 Won W 2 7 14
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 5
4 0 0 Lost L 3 5 7
57 28 9 Scored S 6 26 54
32 12 3 Conceded C 6 19 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
88% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 67% 62%
35% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
23% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 27%
65% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 62%
27% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 19%
 
5.9 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.8 5.2
3.8 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 3.4 4.1
1.6 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
319 162 61 Total Shots T S 54 130 298
134 59 24 Shots on Target S O 19 57 120
43% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 40% 42%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • All of Vasas's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • MTK have not yet lost a game at home.
  • MTK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MTK have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • MTK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vasas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vasas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vasas haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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 Bekescsaba 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 Csakvari 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 Siófok 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 Haladas 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 Ferencvaros 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 Ujpest 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 Puskas 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 Varda SE 33 10 8 15 36 48 16 5 5 6 19 21 17 5 3 9 17 27 -12 38
10 Diosgyor 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 Haladas 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 Bekescsaba 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 Csakvari 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 Siófok 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

Table
  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 Bekescsaba 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 Csakvari 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 Siófok 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 Haladas 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

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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.