Merkantil Bank Liga preview: Can Pécsi MFC edge out victory against MTE 1904?

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: PMFC Stadion (7160 seats)

It's the Merkantil Bank Liga opening game for these squads, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Pécsi MFC or MTE 1904 get that crucial first win?

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Pécsi MFC form and stats

Last season, Pécsi MFC's league results were 14 wins, 16 draws and 8 losses, leading to 7th place in the Merkantil Bank Liga. In these 38 matches they scored {38 goals} and gave away 31. Playing as the home side in the former season Pécsi MFC delivered 8-8-3 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 14 conceded.

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 Pécsi MFC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.

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MTE 1904 form and stats

Let's have a look at how MTE 1904 performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 21/16 goals scored/conceded.

1904 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. MTE 1904 have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Pécsi victories, zero draws and zero MTE 1904 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Pécsi MFC missing players

MTE 1904 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pécsi MFC MTE 1904
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Pécsi MFC Last season MTE 1904
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 8   Won W   9 12
16 8   Drew D   3 10
8 3   Lost L   7 16
38 21   Scored S   21 36
31 14   Conceded C   16 44
79% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
50% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 58%
32% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
11% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 13%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
37% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 29%
39% 37%   Failed to Score F T   16% 29%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.9
4.1 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.7
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.9 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.7
4.5 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.1
22% 20%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 30%
 
7.7 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8.7
3.2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.6

  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 Budafoki MTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 BVSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Csákvári TK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gyirmót 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Győri ETO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Honvéd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kazincbarcika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kozarmisleny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MTE 1904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pécsi MFC 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 Szombathelyi Haladás 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tiszakecske 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 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 Diosgyor 38 28 3 7 79 36 19 15 2 2 41 17 19 13 1 5 38 19 43 87
2 MTK 38 22 8 8 86 48 19 12 4 3 45 23 19 10 4 5 41 25 38 74
3 Ajka 38 20 8 10 54 37 19 11 3 5 30 20 19 9 5 5 24 17 17 68
4 Szeged 2011 38 18 10 10 50 38 19 10 4 5 25 19 19 8 6 5 25 19 12 64
5 Soroksár SC 38 16 13 9 57 48 19 11 5 3 33 24 19 5 8 6 24 24 9 61
6 Gyirmót 38 17 9 12 59 46 19 8 3 8 31 22 19 9 6 4 28 24 13 60
7 Pécsi MFC 38 14 16 8 38 31 19 8 8 3 21 14 19 6 8 5 17 17 7 58
8 Siófok 38 15 11 12 45 51 19 9 6 4 21 17 19 6 5 8 24 34 -6 56
9 Szombathelyi Haladás 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 7 8 4 32 28 19 7 1 11 22 28 -2 51
10 Budafoki MTE 38 13 11 14 42 43 19 8 7 4 25 14 19 5 4 10 17 29 -1 50
11 Győri ETO 38 11 13 14 37 42 19 5 5 9 22 25 19 6 8 5 15 17 -5 46
12 MTE 1904 38 12 10 16 36 44 19 3 7 9 15 28 19 9 3 7 21 16 -8 46
13 Tiszakecske 38 13 7 18 38 50 19 10 2 7 20 18 19 3 5 11 18 32 -12 46
14 Kazincbarcika 38 12 9 17 41 56 19 8 5 6 23 23 19 4 4 11 18 33 -15 45
15 Csákvári TK 38 9 15 14 44 50 19 5 8 6 18 22 19 4 7 8 26 28 -6 42
16 Szentlorinc SE 38 9 12 17 44 58 19 6 8 5 25 23 19 3 4 12 19 35 -14 39
17 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 38 9 11 18 46 55 19 6 4 9 26 27 19 3 7 9 20 28 -9 38
18 Kozarmisleny 38 10 8 20 43 66 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 4 5 10 22 37 -23 38
19 Bekescsaba 38 8 13 17 47 56 19 6 7 6 31 26 19 2 6 11 16 30 -9 37
20 Dorogi 38 7 10 21 32 61 19 4 4 11 16 32 19 3 6 10 16 29 -29 31

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 Budafoki MTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 BVSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Csákvári TK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gyirmót 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Győri ETO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Honvéd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kazincbarcika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kozarmisleny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MTE 1904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pécsi MFC 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 Szombathelyi Haladás 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tiszakecske 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 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.