Merkantil Bank Liga match prediction: Little separates Tiszakecske and Budafoki MTE in quality

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Városi Stadion (4500 seats)

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

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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Tiszakecske form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Tiszakecske perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tiszakecske as a small favourite), we find two games. Tiszakecske has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Tiszakecske after this match as they are travelling to Szabadkikoto for a Hungarian Cup game in only four days.

Last season, Tiszakecske's league statistics were 9 wins, 15 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Merkantil Bank Liga. Over these 37 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Tiszakecske managed 6-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 21 conceded.

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Budafoki MTE form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Budafoki MTE in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Budafoki MTE, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Budafoki MTE has another fixture away, a Hungarian Cup game, against Torokszentmiklos in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

It's a day of discovery for Budafoki MTE 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 Budafoki MTE have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Budafoki MTE has scored 0 goals and conceded 0 times.

Let's have a look at how Budafoki MTE performed last season in the Merkantil Bank Liga: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 16/36 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Tiszakecske won 1, Budafoki MTE won 1 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Kovács
16 goals
N. Kardos
5 goals

Tiszakecske missing players

Budafoki MTE missing players

Tiszakecske Budafoki MTE
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
3 1 1 Won W 1 3 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 3 2 Scored S 3 9 16
12 7 1 Conceded C 0 3 9
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
12% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.3 2.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.5
4.7 5.5 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4 4.2
1.9 2.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Budafoki MTE's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Tiszakecske's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Budafoki MTE have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Budafoki MTE have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Budafoki MTE have scored at least twice as many goals away as Tiszakecske have scored home.
  • Budafoki MTE have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Budafoki MTE haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tiszakecske have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Tiszakecske have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Tiszakecske
All NB 3: Bakony Merkantil Bank Liga NB 2: East Hungarian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-08-19 MBL Kazincbarcika 2 - 1 Tiszakecske
25-08-19 MBL Tiszakecske 1 - 3 Vasas
28-08-19 MBL Nyíregyháza Spartacus 1 - 2 Tiszakecske
01-09-19 MBL Tiszakecske 0 - 3 MTK
15-09-19 MBL Vác 0 - 0 Tiszakecske
18-09-19 MBL Tiszakecske 14:00 Budafoki MTE
22-09-19 HC Szabadkikoto 13:00 Tiszakecske
06-10-19 MBL Tiszakecske - Szombathelyi Haladás
13-10-19 MBL Gyirmót - Tiszakecske
20-10-19 MBL Tiszakecske - Siófok
Budafoki MTE
All NB 3: Bakony Merkantil Bank Liga NB 2: East Hungarian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 MBL Dorogi 1 - 2 Budafoki MTE
28-08-19 MBL Budafoki MTE 1 - 0 Soroksár SC
01-09-19 MBL Békéscsaba 0 - 3 Budafoki MTE
06-09-19 CF Budafoki MTE 0 - 0 Honved
15-09-19 MBL Budafoki MTE 1 - 3 Ajka
18-09-19 MBL Tiszakecske 14:00 Budafoki MTE
22-09-19 HC Torokszentmiklos 13:00 Budafoki MTE
29-09-19 MBL Budafoki MTE 15:00 Kazincbarcika
06-10-19 MBL Vasas - Budafoki MTE
13-10-19 MBL Budafoki MTE - Nyíregyháza Spartacus

  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 Balmazújváros Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Békéscsaba 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 Budaörs 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 Haladás 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 Vác 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 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 Budaörs 37 19 4 14 61 46 19 9 3 7 35 24 18 10 1 7 26 22 15 61
6 Békéscsaba 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 Vác 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 Balmazújváros Sport 37 9 10 18 29 48 18 6 4 8 18 21 19 3 6 10 11 27 -19 37
18 Ceglédi 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

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