Merkantil Bank Liga match preview and statistics: Nyíregyháza Spartacus fight MTK

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Városi stadion (16500 seats)

It's a new Merkantil Bank Liga campaign and Nyíregyháza Spartacus are eager to get started here at Városi stadion. MTK are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

It's no vacation for neither Nyíregyháza Spartacus nor MTK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Nyíregyháza Spartacus form and stats

There will be little rest for Nyíregyháza Spartacus after this match as they are travelling to Vác for a Merkantil Bank Liga game in only four days.

Last season, Nyíregyháza Spartacus's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Merkantil Bank Liga. Over these 37 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Nyíregyháza Spartacus managed 11-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 21 conceded.

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MTK form and stats

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Győri ETO in just four days.

Let's have a look at how MTK performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 23/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: MTK - Nyíregyháza Spartacus 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nyíregyháza Spartacus two wins, three draws and MTK five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nyíregyháza SpartacusM. Hornyák
M. Hornyák
16 goals

Nyíregyháza Spartacus missing players

MTK missing players

Nyíregyháza Spartacus MTK
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
11 6 1 Won W 2 7 18
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
14 7 3 Lost L 2 4 4
45 21 3 Scored S 7 29 60
45 15 4 Conceded C 5 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 89%
67% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 77% 74%
41% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 37%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 22%
52% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 67%
26% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 26%
22% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 7%
 
4.6 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.9 5.9
5.7 5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.8
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
219 123 17 Total Shots T S 58 157 319
95 58 8 Shots on Target S O 29 75 134
40% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 39% 43%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • MTK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MTK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nyíregyháza Spartacus have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nyíregyháza Spartacus 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 Budaörs 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 Gyirmót 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Győri 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 Nyíregyháza 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 Soroksár 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 MÁV 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 Vác 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 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 Gyirmót 37 20 4 13 74 49 19 11 2 6 39 23 18 9 2 7 35 26 25 64
5 Budaörs 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 Soroksár SC 37 18 5 14 67 58 19 10 3 6 41 34 18 8 2 8 26 24 9 59
8 Győri ETO 37 16 7 14 58 46 18 9 6 3 25 15 19 7 1 11 33 31 12 55
9 Nyíregyháza 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 Vác 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
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 Haladás 33 8 6 19 31 51 16 5 4 7 18 20 17 3 2 12 13 31 -20 30

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.