Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Vasas welcomes Szolnoki MÁV

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Competition: Hungary Merkantil Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 16.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (5145 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Vasas have their presumed home advantage while Szolnoki MÁV are ahead 4 points in the Merkantil Bank Liga table.

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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Vasas form and stats

1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Vasas, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Merkantil Bank Liga, have to build on here at Illovszky Rudolf Stadion in the Merkantil Bank Liga. Vasas have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager F. Bene led his Vasas to a defeat in the Merkantil Bank Liga match away at Siófok. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Illovszky Rudolf Stadion. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Debrecen.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vasas as they are travelling to their away game against Senyo Carnifex in the Hungarian Cup. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Vasas in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Szolnoki MÁV form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Merkantil Bank Liga for Szolnoki MÁV with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

The manager J. Csábi was unhappy after their last game, a Merkantil Bank Liga match played at their home ground Tiszaligeti Stadion. Szolnoki suffered a 0-2 loss to Szeged 2011 (placed 16th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Gyirmót.

Szolnoki has another fixture away, a Hungarian Cup game, against Szeghalmi in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Szolnoki as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Szolnoki struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vasas six wins, one draw and Szolnoki MÁV three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VasasA. Balajti
A. Balajti
4 goals
Szolnoki MÁVC. Novák
C. Novák
4 goals
VasasL. Szatmári
L. Szatmári
2 goals

Vasas missing players

Szolnoki MÁV missing players

Vasas Szolnoki MÁV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 3 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
4 3 2 Drew D 0 2 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 6 3 Scored S 0 2 8
12 5 3 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 62%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 25%
38% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
88% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 38%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.8 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.8
6 6.8 10 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.4
1.6 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
95 45 18 Total Shots T S 0 26 60
43 19 8 Shots on Target S O 0 8 25
30% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 32%
Key stats in Merkantil Bank Liga this season:
  • All of Szolnoki MÁV's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Vasas's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Szolnoki MÁV have yet to win a game away.
  • Szolnoki MÁV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vasas has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Merkantil Bank Liga
  • Vasas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vasas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vasas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Szolnoki MÁV have scored away.
  • Vasas have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Vasas 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 8 5 2 1 17 6 4 4 0 0 12 3 4 1 2 1 5 3 11 17
2 Gyirmót 8 5 1 2 14 7 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 7 16
3 Békéscsaba 8 4 4 0 11 5 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 3 1 0 5 1 6 16
4 Szolnoki MÁV 8 4 2 2 8 8 5 4 0 1 6 3 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 14
5 Szombathelyi Haladás 8 3 4 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 8 5 6 13
6 Pécsi MFC 8 3 4 1 9 4 4 2 2 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 5 13
7 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 8 4 1 3 6 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 5 2 0 3 2 4 1 13
8 Ajka 8 4 0 4 18 14 5 3 0 2 10 8 3 1 0 2 8 6 4 12
9 Budaörs 8 4 0 4 14 12 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 2 0 2 7 3 2 12
10 Soroksár SC 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 -1 11
11 Dorogi 7 3 2 2 7 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 4 7 -2 11
12 Vasas 8 2 4 2 13 12 4 1 3 0 6 5 4 1 1 2 7 7 1 10
13 Siófok 8 3 1 4 13 17 5 3 1 1 9 9 3 0 0 3 4 8 -4 10
14 Győri ETO 8 2 3 3 13 11 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 1 1 3 10 9 2 9
15 Kaposvári Rákóczi 8 1 5 2 10 10 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 7 6 0 8
16 Szeged 2011 8 2 2 4 7 12 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 3 6 -5 8
17 Szentlőrinc SE 8 2 1 5 8 16 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 0 1 3 1 8 -8 7
18 Kazincbarcika 8 1 3 4 6 13 3 0 1 2 1 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 -7 6
19 DEAC 8 2 0 6 7 15 4 2 0 2 5 7 4 0 0 4 2 8 -8 6
20 Csákvári TK 7 0 3 4 7 17 3 0 2 1 1 6 4 0 1 3 6 11 -10 3

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.