Merkantil Bank Liga match preview: Soroksár SC believed to be the weaker party when Diósgyőr pays a visit

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Szamosi Mihály Sporttelep (5000 seats)

This has the potential to be an action-packed match as Soroksár SC have their presumed home advantage, while Diósgyőr are ahead 15 points in the Merkantil Bank Liga table.

Insights:
  • Soroksár SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Diósgyőr have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Merkantil Bank Liga

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Soroksár SC form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Soroksár SC have to build on here at Szamosi Mihály Sporttelep in the Merkantil Bank Liga.

Soroksár SC drew their last game, 1-1 away at Kozarmisleny (placed 18th). The hometeam coach Lipcsei made a successful contribution in the game against Kozarmisleny, bringing on Hegyi who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that, Soroksár played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Kozarmisleny.

Take note: 9 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Soroksár SC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Diósgyőr form and stats

Diósgyőr have an excellent away record in the Merkantil Bank Liga so far with 7-0-3 from 10 games. A great winning streak in away games for Diósgyőr as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Szentlőrinc SE have they travelled home without three points.

Diósgyőr won their last game, 3-1 versus Siófok played at home.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Siófok.

Take note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

Diósgyőr have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 10 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other already this season, with the match result Diósgyőr - Soroksár SC 1-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Soroksár one win, one draw and Diósgyőr two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DiósgyőrD. Lukacs
D. Lukacs
9 goals
Soroksár SCÁ. Halmai
Á. Halmai
7 goals
Soroksár SCM. Hudák
M. Hudák
5 goals

Soroksár SC missing players

Diósgyőr missing players

Soroksár SC Diósgyőr
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
7 5 0 Won W 4 7 14
7 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
31 18 3 Scored S 11 21 40
31 15 7 Conceded C 1 10 19
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
60% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 75%
35% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 15%
10% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 55%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 40% 35%
10% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
4.6 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.7 7
5.1 4.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.7 3.5
1.9 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.5 8.3 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.2 13.1
4.3 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.6 5.8
40% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 35%
 
10.9 8.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.8 9.7
5.6 4.5 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Diósgyőr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Diósgyőr have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Diósgyőr have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Diósgyőr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Soroksár SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 20 14 1 5 40 19 10 7 1 2 19 9 10 7 0 3 21 10 21 43
2 Pécsi MFC 20 10 9 1 22 13 10 7 3 0 14 7 10 3 6 1 8 6 9 39
3 MTK 20 11 5 4 60 35 10 6 3 1 30 15 10 5 2 3 30 20 25 38
4 Szeged 2011 20 10 5 5 25 20 9 4 2 3 11 12 11 6 3 2 14 8 5 35
5 Szombathelyi Haladás 20 9 5 6 29 26 10 5 4 1 19 14 10 4 1 5 10 12 3 32
6 Gyirmót 20 9 4 7 33 24 10 3 1 6 17 15 10 6 3 1 16 9 9 31
7 Ajka 20 9 4 7 29 26 10 5 2 3 17 13 10 4 2 4 12 13 3 31
8 Csákvári TK 20 7 7 6 26 23 10 4 3 3 10 11 10 3 4 3 16 12 3 28
9 Soroksár SC 20 7 7 6 31 31 10 5 3 2 18 15 10 2 4 4 13 16 0 28
10 Gyori ETO 20 7 6 7 22 19 10 4 1 5 13 12 10 3 5 2 9 7 3 27
11 Tiszakecske 20 7 5 8 21 25 10 6 0 4 11 7 10 1 5 4 10 18 -4 26
12 MTE 1904 20 7 4 9 20 27 10 2 3 5 8 18 10 5 1 4 12 9 -7 25
13 Kazincbarcika 20 6 6 8 25 34 10 4 4 2 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 22 -9 24
14 Siófok 20 6 5 9 20 33 10 4 4 2 10 9 10 2 1 7 10 24 -13 23
15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 20 6 4 10 26 28 10 5 1 4 16 12 10 1 3 6 10 16 -2 22
16 Szentlőrinc SE 20 5 7 8 26 30 11 4 5 2 17 13 9 1 2 6 9 17 -4 22
17 Budafoki MTE 20 5 7 8 21 30 10 3 5 2 13 12 10 2 2 6 8 18 -9 22
18 Kozarmisleny 20 5 4 11 27 38 10 3 3 4 12 13 10 2 1 7 15 25 -11 19
19 Békéscsaba 20 4 5 11 26 34 10 3 2 5 17 16 10 1 3 6 9 18 -8 17
20 Dorogi 20 4 4 12 21 35 10 3 2 5 12 16 10 1 2 7 9 19 -14 16

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.