Ferencváros vs Újpest preview for football people

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Aréna (22000 seats)

Újpest have come here for an interesting battle versus the hosting Ferencváros. Read up on the game with this in-depth OTP Bank Liga preview!

Insights:
  • Ferencváros have the the best goal difference (+6) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Újpest have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in OTP Bank Liga

There have been little to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a OTP Bank Liga match only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at MOL Vidi.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Ferencváros form and stats

Ferencváros have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the OTP Bank Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Ferencváros are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Ferencváros are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Ferencváros against MOL Vidi the last match, as Ryan Mmaee were on target.

Before that match, a Hungarian Cup win away at FC Hatvan.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ferencváros home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in twelve wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, eight matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Real Betis are coming to town in four days.

Goals are plentiful at Groupama Aréna in the league this season as Ferencváros has scored 9 goals here in 3 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Újpest form and stats

Still no away game victory in the OTP Bank Liga for Újpest with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Two travels in a row for Újpest, whose manager M. Oenning could celebrate last time after the Hungarian Cup win against Tiszakecske.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Zalaegerszegi TE in the OTP Bank Liga.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Újpest played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

It's early days yet, but Újpest has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Ferencváros victories, two draws and zero Újpest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FerencvárosR. Mak
R. Mak
3 goals
FerencvárosR. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir
R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir
3 goals
FerencvárosF. Boli
F. Boli
2 goals

Ferencváros missing players

Újpest missing players

Ferencváros Újpest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 6
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
11 9 0 Scored S 1 3 8
5 5 0 Conceded C 2 4 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 83%
40% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
40% 67% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.4 7.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 4.5
3.8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8.5 6.2
3 3.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 7.7
4.6 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.7
48% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 36%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • All of Ferencváros's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Újpest's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Ferencváros have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ferencváros have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ferencváros have the most points from losing position (6) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Ferencváros have the the best goal difference (+6) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Ferencváros have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ferencváros haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Újpest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Újpest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Újpest have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Újpest have the fewest points from losing position (0) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Újpest have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Újpest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Újpest have yet to win a game.
  • Újpest 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 Varda SE 6 5 0 1 10 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 15
2 Ferencváros 5 4 0 1 11 5 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 12
3 Paksi SE 6 3 1 2 17 13 4 2 1 1 10 9 2 1 0 1 7 4 4 10
4 MOL Vidi 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
5 Puskas 5 3 0 2 7 9 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 3 0 0 6 2 -2 9
6 Debrecen 6 2 2 2 17 12 3 1 1 1 8 4 3 1 1 1 9 8 5 8
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 6 2 2 2 9 12 3 1 2 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 4 8 -3 8
8 Honved 6 2 1 3 8 9 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 -1 7
9 MTK 6 2 1 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 7
10 Zalaegerszegi TE 6 1 2 3 9 13 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 1 1 1 6 6 -4 5
11 Újpest 6 0 3 3 8 11 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 -3 3
12 Gyirmot 6 0 3 3 3 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -7 3

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.