Pécsi MFC fights Ajka in Merkantil Bank Liga battle

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 28.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: PMFC Stadion (7160 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Pécsi MFC - Ajka!

Insights:
  • Pécsi MFC have the most clean sheets (18) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Ajka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Ajka could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Merkantil Bank Liga game only three sleeps ago.

Pécsi are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Ajka most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Pécsi MFC form and stats

The story so far in the Merkantil Bank Liga for Pécsi MFC, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Merkantil Bank Liga, at their home stadium (PMFC Stadion) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Pécsi lost their last game at Vasas (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Szeged 2011.

The manager L. Vas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kaposvári Rákóczi in only four days.

Pécsi MFC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 17 games. Pécsi are not conceding a lot of goals here at PMFC Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 17 matches.

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Ajka form and stats

The visitors are W7-D1-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Merkantil Bank Liga.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Kaposvári Rákóczi in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against DEAC with the score of 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Soroksár SC in just four days.

Ajka has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ajka have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Ajka - Pécsi 0-3. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - two - zero (Pécsi wins - draws - Ajka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjkaK. Nagy
K. Nagy
17 goals
PécsiN. Geiger
N. Geiger
10 goals
Pécsi MFCM. Adamcsek
M. Adamcsek
9 goals

Pécsi MFC missing players

Ajka missing players

Pécsi MFC Ajka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 17 34
15 8 1 Won W 1 7 17
12 6 1 Drew D 0 1 4
6 2 2 Lost L 3 9 13
43 20 1 Scored S 11 31 62
27 10 3 Conceded C 10 25 45
79% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 65% 76%
39% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 65% 65%
24% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 41% 38%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 12%
33% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 53%
55% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 29%
33% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 24% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 12.4 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 9.4
4.6 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 5.1
29% 27% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 65% 39% 36%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Ajka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pécsi MFC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Pécsi MFC have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Pécsi MFC have the most clean sheets (18) in Merkantil Bank Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vasas 34 21 8 5 57 31 17 11 5 1 34 15 17 10 3 4 23 16 26 71
2 Debrecen 34 21 7 6 74 31 17 14 1 2 43 13 17 7 6 4 31 18 43 70
3 Gyirmót 34 20 6 8 51 29 17 11 4 2 27 10 17 9 2 6 24 19 22 66
4 Pécsi MFC 34 16 12 6 46 27 17 9 6 2 23 10 17 7 6 4 23 17 19 60
5 Ajka 34 17 4 13 62 45 17 10 3 4 31 20 17 7 1 9 31 25 17 55
6 Budaörs 34 16 4 14 55 54 17 9 3 5 31 29 17 7 1 9 24 25 1 52
7 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 34 14 9 11 36 27 17 7 6 4 23 13 17 7 3 7 13 14 9 51
8 Szombathelyi Haladás 34 13 11 10 42 32 17 7 7 3 25 10 17 6 4 7 17 22 10 50
9 Szolnoki MÁV 34 13 11 10 35 33 17 12 2 3 23 10 17 1 9 7 12 23 2 50
10 Soroksár SC 34 14 7 13 43 41 17 10 4 3 29 18 17 4 3 10 14 23 2 49
11 Győri ETO 34 12 10 12 50 39 17 9 5 3 26 14 17 3 5 9 24 25 11 46
12 Szeged 2011 34 12 8 14 37 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 6 5 6 20 26 -14 44
13 Dorogi 34 10 11 13 31 43 17 6 5 6 14 16 17 4 6 7 17 27 -12 41
14 Békéscsaba 34 10 10 14 36 49 17 4 6 7 19 23 17 6 4 7 17 26 -13 40
15 Csákvári TK 34 9 11 14 50 56 17 6 5 6 28 28 17 3 6 8 22 28 -6 38
16 Szentlőrinc SE 34 10 8 16 29 47 17 6 4 7 16 19 17 4 4 9 13 28 -18 38
17 Siófok 34 10 5 19 44 56 17 6 2 9 26 32 17 4 3 10 18 24 -12 35
18 Kaposvári Rákóczi 34 7 12 15 32 55 17 5 6 6 21 27 17 2 6 9 11 28 -23 33
19 Kazincbarcika 34 8 8 18 30 55 17 4 4 9 11 24 17 4 4 9 19 31 -25 32
20 DEAC 34 5 2 27 24 63 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 1 16 9 37 -39 17

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.