Mezőkövesd-Zsóry vs Diósgyőr: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sun 29.November
Match begins: 13:05 (UTC)
Venue: Városi Stadion (2571 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the OTP Bank Liga, Mezőkövesd-Zsóry holding 12th place and Diósgyőr lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the fewest scored goals (8) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in OTP Bank Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Mezőkövesd-Zsóry, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in OTP Bank Liga, have to build on here at Városi Stadion in the OTP Bank Liga. Game days at Városi Stadion have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Z. Berecz scored that one.

The Mezőkövesd-Zsóry fans got no joy from their last match, a OTP Bank Liga game also here at Városi Stadion: A 0-1 defeat against MTK (placed 4th). Heartbreak before that as Mezőkövesd-Zsóry lost 0-3 at Ferencvaros's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost two.

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry aren't scoring a lot here at Városi Stadion in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Diósgyőr form and stats

Diósgyőr, who have the fewest points (0) away in OTP Bank Liga, are still without points from their OTP Bank Liga away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Bitter travels for Diósgyőr as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Zalaegerszegi TE match.

Diósgyőr aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 232 league minutes without a goal. G. Grozav was the last player to find the net.

There might be some fixture complaints from Diósgyőr as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the OTP Bank Liga match against MOL Vidi (0-3). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Varda SE's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Diósgyőr playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Diósgyőr win, zero draws and two defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Diósgyőr's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The Diósgyőr manager T. Feczkó has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Diósgyőr - Mezokovesd-Zsory 2-1 entered in the official records. Mezőkövesd-Zsóry-Diósgyőr H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mezőkövesd-Zsóry four wins, Diósgyőr four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players

Diósgyőr missing players

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry Diósgyőr
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 4 9
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 0 Lost L 0 4 6
8 4 0 Scored S 0 2 11
15 6 0 Conceded C 0 9 17
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
64% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 89%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 78%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
55% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 11
2.2 2.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.1
33% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 30%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest points (0) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest scored goals (2) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Diósgyőr have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Diósgyőr have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Diósgyőr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the fewest scored goals (8) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the most matches under the total-line (6) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 9 7 2 0 19 4 4 4 0 0 12 1 5 3 2 0 7 3 15 23
2 MOL Vidi 10 5 4 1 25 14 5 3 2 0 13 4 5 2 2 1 12 10 11 19
3 Varda SE 10 6 1 3 16 14 4 2 0 2 4 6 6 4 1 1 12 8 2 19
4 MTK 11 5 3 3 18 14 6 2 2 2 9 9 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 18
5 Paksi SE 11 5 2 4 22 19 6 3 1 2 15 7 5 2 1 2 7 12 3 17
6 Puskás 11 5 0 6 16 21 6 4 0 2 9 7 5 1 0 4 7 14 -5 15
7 Budafoki MTE 9 4 1 4 13 16 4 2 0 2 7 9 5 2 1 2 6 7 -3 13
8 Zalaegerszegi TE 10 3 2 5 18 20 6 1 1 4 11 15 4 2 1 1 7 5 -2 11
9 Diósgyőr 10 3 1 6 14 17 6 3 1 2 12 8 4 0 0 4 2 9 -3 10
10 Ujpest 10 3 1 6 11 24 4 1 1 2 4 9 6 2 0 4 7 15 -13 10
11 Honvéd 10 2 3 5 14 16 5 0 2 3 5 8 5 2 1 2 9 8 -2 9
12 Mezokovesd-Zsory 11 2 2 7 8 15 5 1 1 3 4 6 6 1 1 4 4 9 -7 8

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.