Merkantil Bank Liga preview: Can Siófok edge out victory against Békéscsaba?

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 09.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Révész Géza utcai stadion (10500 seats)

The home fans plan for a victory in this fixture, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Siófok are in 10th spot while the guesting Békéscsaba fret at 18th.

Insights:
  • Békéscsaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Siófok form and stats

4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Merkantil Bank Liga numbers at home for Siófok so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Siófok, who won 2-1 against Dorogi (placed 20th).

Ahead of that match, Siófok won a home game hosting Szentlőrinc SE (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Siófok handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The manager Domján will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Budafoki MTE in only four days.

Siófok are not conceding a lot of goals here at Révész Géza utcai stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Békéscsaba form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Békéscsaba so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Békéscsaba as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Szeged 2011 match.

Békéscsaba delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Szombathelyi Haladás (placed 9th) in their previous game.

A 1-4 defeat away at Győri ETO before that.

We have checked recent matches where Békéscsaba have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

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

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Békéscsaba have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Siófok wins - draws - Békéscsaba wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SiófokP. Horváth
P. Horváth
5 goals
BékéscsabaY. Hamed
Y. Hamed
5 goals
SiófokA. Szakály
A. Szakály
3 goals

Siófok missing players

Békéscsaba missing players

Siófok Békéscsaba
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 8
17 8 1 Scored S 3 7 21
20 6 0 Conceded C 6 14 27
87% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 60%
53% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 53%
27% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 47%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 33%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 53%
27% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 13%
20% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
5.7 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 5.8
4.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.3 4.9
1.9 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 10.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 9.8
4.4 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.6
26% 26% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 38%
 
10.1 11.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 19 13.3 13
4.5 4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.1 5.3
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Békéscsaba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Békéscsaba 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 Diósgyőr 15 10 1 4 28 16 7 5 1 1 13 6 8 5 0 3 15 10 12 31
2 Pécsi MFC 15 8 7 0 17 9 8 6 2 0 11 5 7 2 5 0 6 4 8 31
3 MTK 15 8 3 4 45 26 8 5 2 1 24 12 7 3 1 3 21 14 19 27
4 Gyirmót 15 8 2 5 27 17 8 2 1 5 14 14 7 6 1 0 13 3 10 26
5 Szeged 2011 15 7 4 4 19 16 6 3 1 2 8 8 9 4 3 2 11 8 3 25
6 Csákvári TK 15 6 6 3 22 16 7 4 2 1 9 5 8 2 4 2 13 11 6 24
7 Soroksár SC 15 6 5 4 25 23 8 4 3 1 15 12 7 2 2 3 10 11 2 23
8 Győri ETO 15 6 4 5 18 13 8 4 1 3 13 8 7 2 3 2 5 5 5 22
9 Szombathelyi Haladás 15 6 4 5 18 19 8 4 3 1 12 9 7 2 1 4 6 10 -1 22
10 Siófok 15 6 4 5 17 20 8 4 3 1 8 6 7 2 1 4 9 14 -3 22
11 Szentlőrinc SE 15 5 5 5 21 22 8 4 3 1 14 9 7 1 2 4 7 13 -1 20
12 Ajka 15 5 4 6 20 20 8 4 2 2 14 10 7 1 2 4 6 10 0 19
13 Kazincbarcika 15 5 4 6 19 24 8 4 3 1 12 7 7 1 1 5 7 17 -5 19
14 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 15 5 3 7 23 20 7 4 1 2 14 7 8 1 2 5 9 13 3 18
15 Budafoki MTE 15 4 5 6 16 22 7 3 4 0 11 6 8 1 1 6 5 16 -6 17
16 Tiszakecske 15 4 4 7 13 19 8 4 0 4 7 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -6 16
17 MTE 1904 15 4 3 8 16 25 7 1 2 4 6 16 8 3 1 4 10 9 -9 15
18 Békéscsaba 15 3 4 8 21 27 7 2 2 3 14 13 8 1 2 5 7 14 -6 13
19 Kozarmisleny 15 3 2 10 14 31 7 2 1 4 6 11 8 1 1 6 8 20 -17 11
20 Dorogi 15 2 4 9 14 28 7 1 2 4 6 12 8 1 2 5 8 16 -14 10

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.