Match preview Merkantil Bank Liga: Szolnoki MÁV - Siófok at Tiszaligeti Stadion

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tiszaligeti Stadion (10000 seats)

It's ground zero in Merkantil Bank Liga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Szolnoki MÁV and Siófok did in their pre-season friendlies!

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

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Szolnoki MÁV, who have participated in two training matches. Szolnoki MÁV have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Szolnoki MÁV's league statistics were 13 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Merkantil Bank Liga. Over these 18 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Szolnoki MÁV managed 6-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 7 conceded.

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Siófok form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Siófok as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Siófok have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Siófok has scored 1 goal and conceded 7 times.

Let's have a look at how Siófok performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 28/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Siófok - Szolnoki MÁV 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Szolnoki MÁV victories, two draws and four Siófok wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SiófokP. Horváth
P. Horváth
10 goals
SiófokP. Horváth
P. Horváth
10 goals

Szolnoki MÁV missing players

Siófok missing players

Szolnoki MÁV Siófok
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 11 23
7 5 1 Won W 1 4 11
7 2 0 Drew D 2 3 8
9 5 3 Lost L 1 4 4
21 13 2 Scored S 7 16 37
26 12 6 Conceded C 6 16 23
87% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
70% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
43% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 52%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 61%
30% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 35%
43% 42% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
4.1 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.6 3.6
4.4 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.8 5.5
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.8 2.1
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
140 70 11 Total Shots T S 19 69 185
54 31 3 Shots on Target S O 7 27 89
35% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 59% 42%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • Siófok have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Siófok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Siófok have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 Balmazujvaros Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bekescsaba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Budafoki MTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Budaors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Csákvári TK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dorogi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gyirmót 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Győri ETO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kazincbarcika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MTK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 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 Szolnoki MÁV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Szombathelyi Haladas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tiszakecske 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 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 ESMTK 19 14 3 2 31 11 10 7 1 2 19 7 9 7 2 0 12 4 20 45
2 Szolnoki MÁV 18 13 2 3 37 15 9 6 2 1 18 7 9 7 0 2 19 8 22 41
3 Jaszberenyi Vasas 18 12 1 5 42 21 9 7 1 1 26 7 9 5 0 4 16 14 21 37
4 Putnok VSE 18 11 2 5 31 22 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 6 1 2 18 13 9 35
5 Fuzesgyarmati 18 10 4 4 29 12 9 6 2 1 15 5 9 4 2 3 14 7 17 34
6 DEAC 18 8 3 7 32 26 9 5 2 2 22 11 9 3 1 5 10 15 6 27
7 Senyo Carnifex 18 7 6 5 31 25 9 4 2 3 17 13 9 3 4 2 14 12 6 27
8 Nyirbatori 18 8 3 7 26 24 9 3 0 6 7 14 9 5 3 1 19 10 2 27
9 Tiszaujvaros 18 7 4 7 31 24 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 3 1 5 15 14 7 25
10 Eger 18 6 5 7 18 22 9 3 2 4 11 14 9 3 3 3 7 8 -4 23
11 Tallya 18 6 4 8 22 25 9 4 2 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 8 13 -3 22
12 Gyongyos 18 4 4 10 24 38 9 3 2 4 13 18 9 1 2 6 11 20 -14 16
13 Sajobabony Vegyesz 18 5 1 12 17 40 9 4 1 4 10 10 9 1 0 8 7 30 -23 16
14 Salgotarjani BTC 18 3 4 11 19 38 9 2 1 6 10 19 9 1 3 5 9 19 -19 13
15 Diosgyor II 18 3 2 13 16 38 9 1 2 6 8 18 9 2 0 7 8 20 -22 11
16 Cigand SE 19 3 2 14 15 40 9 2 1 6 9 19 10 1 1 8 6 21 -25 11
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 Zalaegerszegi TE 37 24 7 6 72 41 19 14 2 3 42 21 18 10 5 3 30 20 31 79
2 Kaposvári Rákóczi 37 20 11 6 59 40 18 10 5 3 24 18 19 10 6 3 35 22 19 71
3 Vasas 37 18 11 8 73 59 18 9 6 3 44 33 19 9 5 5 29 26 14 65
4 Gyirmót 37 20 4 13 74 49 19 11 2 6 39 23 18 9 2 7 35 26 25 64
5 Budaors 37 19 4 14 61 46 19 9 3 7 35 24 18 10 1 7 26 22 15 61
6 Bekescsaba 37 17 9 11 56 46 18 11 3 4 28 16 19 6 6 7 28 30 10 60
7 Soroksár SC 37 18 5 14 67 58 19 10 3 6 41 34 18 8 2 8 26 24 9 59
8 Győri ETO 37 16 7 14 58 46 18 9 6 3 25 15 19 7 1 11 33 31 12 55
9 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 37 15 10 12 52 48 18 11 3 4 33 21 19 4 7 8 19 27 4 55
10 Kazincbarcika 37 15 8 14 56 50 19 7 5 7 30 32 18 8 3 7 26 18 6 53
11 Csákvári TK 37 12 16 9 57 55 18 5 7 6 28 32 19 7 9 3 29 23 2 52
12 Vac 37 11 13 13 44 47 19 6 8 5 18 17 18 5 5 8 26 30 -3 46
13 Siófok 37 11 11 15 47 53 18 7 5 6 19 19 19 4 6 9 28 34 -6 44
14 Dorogi 37 10 12 15 53 58 19 6 5 8 26 27 18 4 7 7 27 31 -5 42
15 Tiszakecske 37 9 15 13 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 19 3 9 7 13 30 -18 42
16 Budafoki MTE 37 12 5 20 45 64 19 9 3 7 29 28 18 3 2 13 16 36 -19 41
17 Balmazujvaros Sport 37 9 10 18 29 48 18 6 4 8 18 21 19 3 6 10 11 27 -19 37
18 Cegledi 37 8 8 21 35 66 19 5 5 9 21 34 18 3 3 12 14 32 -31 32
19 MTE 1904 37 6 13 18 35 59 19 5 5 9 16 25 18 1 8 9 19 34 -24 31
20 Monori SE 37 6 9 22 47 69 18 3 8 7 24 32 19 3 1 15 23 37 -22 27

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.