Merkantil Bank Liga preview: Can Szolnoki MÁV edge out victory against Pécsi MFC?

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tiszaligeti Stadion (10000 seats)

It's advantage Szolnoki MÁV so far with their 6th position in the Merkantil Bank Liga table, welcoming Pécsi MFC who are placed 9th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Szolnoki MÁV form and stats

Szolnoki MÁV have been very solid at home in the Merkantil Bank Liga so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 6th position in the table.

Heartbreak before that as Szolnoki lost 0-1 at Kaposvári Rákóczi's place.

As mentioned above, Szolnoki "killed" Szeghalmi in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Szolnoki handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and two defeats.

Szolnoki are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Szolnoki have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Pécsi MFC form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pécsi MFC, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Merkantil Bank Liga, playing as the away team in the Merkantil Bank Liga this season.

The supporters enjoyed Pécsi's previous game versus Siófok (placed 16th), a Merkantil Bank Liga 1-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Debrecen wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Pécsi MFC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, one draw and one defeat.

Goals are few and far between in Pécsi MFC's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. Pécsi have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SzolnokiC. Novák
C. Novák
4 goals
Pécsi MFCM. Adamcsek
M. Adamcsek
4 goals
Szolnoki MÁVT. Hunor
T. Hunor
2 goals

Szolnoki MÁV missing players

Pécsi MFC missing players

Szolnoki MÁV Pécsi MFC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
5 5 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 2 2 3
10 7 1 Scored S 1 2 11
10 3 0 Conceded C 5 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 73%
55% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 45%
18% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 27%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 18%
36% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 64%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
73 39 5 Total Shots T S 21 53 137
31 19 2 Shots on Target S O 6 20 47
32% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 10% 23%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Pécsi MFC has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Pécsi MFC has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Pécsi MFC has the most clean sheets (7) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Pécsi MFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Szolnoki MÁV has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Szolnoki MÁV has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Szolnoki MÁV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Szolnoki MÁV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pécsi MFC have scored away.
  • Szolnoki MÁV 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 Debrecen 11 7 3 1 24 9 5 5 0 0 15 4 6 2 3 1 9 5 15 24
2 Budaörs 11 7 0 4 18 12 5 3 0 2 8 9 6 4 0 2 10 3 6 21
3 Békéscsaba 11 5 5 1 14 8 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 4 2 0 7 1 6 20
4 Gyirmót 10 6 1 3 16 9 6 5 1 0 12 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 7 19
5 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 11 6 1 4 10 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 4 5 2 19
6 Szolnoki MÁV 11 5 3 3 10 10 6 5 0 1 7 3 5 0 3 2 3 7 0 18
7 Ajka 11 5 1 5 21 16 7 4 1 2 13 9 4 1 0 3 8 7 5 16
8 Szombathelyi Haladas 11 4 4 3 15 10 5 2 2 1 5 3 6 2 2 2 10 7 5 16
9 Pécsi MFC 11 4 4 3 11 8 6 3 2 1 9 3 5 1 2 2 2 5 3 16
10 Dorogi 11 4 4 3 11 14 5 2 1 2 3 4 6 2 3 1 8 10 -3 16
11 Soroksár SC 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 3 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -1 15
12 Kazincbarcika 11 4 3 4 12 15 4 1 1 2 3 8 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 15
13 Vasas 11 3 5 3 17 16 6 2 4 0 10 7 5 1 1 3 7 9 1 14
14 Kaposvári Rákóczi 11 3 5 3 14 14 6 1 3 2 5 7 5 2 2 1 9 7 0 14
15 Gyori ETO 11 3 4 4 16 13 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 2 1 3 13 10 3 13
16 Siófok 11 3 2 6 15 21 6 3 1 2 10 11 5 0 1 4 5 10 -6 11
17 Szeged 2011 10 3 2 5 10 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 11
18 Szentlőrinc SE 11 3 2 6 10 18 5 2 0 3 8 10 6 1 2 3 2 8 -8 11
19 DEAC 11 2 0 9 8 20 6 2 0 4 5 10 5 0 0 5 3 10 -12 6
20 Csákvári TK 11 0 4 7 12 26 5 0 3 2 4 11 6 0 1 5 8 15 -14 4

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.