Diósgyőr vs Puskás match preview

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Diósgyőri Stadion (17000 seats)

Struggling Diósgyőr will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Puskás in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Diósgyőr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puskás is in the best form (5-1-0)

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a OTP Bank Liga game only three days ago.

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Diósgyőr form and stats

The story so far in the OTP Bank Liga for Diósgyőr at their home stadium (Diósgyőri Stadion) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Diósgyőr enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Budafoki MTE's place. The match ended 2-1 with Asmir Suljić (2) scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Paksi SE with the scoreline 1-4.

The manager Z. Zekić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Várda SE in only three days.

The Diósgyőr fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Diósgyőr have conceded 21 from these games.

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Puskás form and stats

The visitors are W7-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the OTP Bank Liga.

Before that, Puskás travelled to Ferencvaros and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Puskás are hosting Zalaegerszegi TE in the OTP Bank Liga only three days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Puskás have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Puskás have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Diósgyőr and Puskás have met before this season: Puskás - Diósgyőr 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Diósgyőr victories, three draws and five Puskás wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PuskásJ. Knežević
J. Knežević
8 goals
PuskásJ. Plšek
J. Plšek
7 goals
PuskásA. Mance
A. Mance
7 goals

Diósgyőr missing players

Puskás missing players

Diósgyőr Puskás
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 14 29
6 3 0 Won W 3 7 17
5 5 0 Drew D 0 2 4
17 5 3 Lost L 0 5 8
28 17 3 Scored S 6 19 43
48 21 9 Conceded C 1 19 32
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 72%
57% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 55%
29% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
11% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
57% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
18% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 45%
32% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.3
5 5 1 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
8.9 10 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.9 10.2
3.4 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 3.9
29% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 31% 38%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Diósgyőr have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puskás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puskás have the fewest points from losing position (0) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Puskás haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Puskás is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ferencvaros 29 19 9 1 60 19 14 11 2 1 29 7 15 8 7 0 31 12 41 66
2 Puskás 29 17 4 8 43 32 15 10 2 3 24 13 14 7 2 5 19 19 11 55
3 MOL Vidi 29 13 8 8 57 34 15 7 5 3 32 15 14 6 3 5 25 19 23 47
4 Paksi SE 29 11 8 10 60 55 15 8 3 4 33 19 14 3 5 6 27 36 5 41
5 MTK 29 10 9 10 39 39 14 5 5 4 19 16 15 5 4 6 20 23 0 39
6 Várda SE 29 10 9 10 24 34 14 4 6 4 9 12 15 6 3 6 15 22 -10 39
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 29 10 8 11 31 38 14 8 2 4 22 17 15 2 6 7 9 21 -7 38
8 Ujpest 29 11 5 13 40 57 14 7 2 5 20 24 15 4 3 8 20 33 -17 38
9 Honved 29 8 9 12 42 42 15 2 6 7 24 26 14 6 3 5 18 16 0 33
10 Zalaegerszegi TE 29 8 6 15 45 52 15 5 3 7 28 26 14 3 3 8 17 26 -7 30
11 Budafoki MTE 29 7 6 16 32 54 15 4 2 9 18 30 14 3 4 7 14 24 -22 27
12 Diósgyőr 29 7 5 17 31 48 14 4 5 5 20 21 15 3 0 12 11 27 -17 26

Read more about OTP Bank Liga

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (meaning “National Championship I”) is the top level of Hungarian football. Is also known by the sponsorship name OTP Bank Liga, or shortened to NB 1. It was founded in 1901. The present format has twelve teams playing each other three times for a total of 33 fixtures.