MTK favourites for feisty fight facing Debrecen

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (5322 seats)

MTK are unlocking their away locker room to Debrecen for yet another key fixture following their 1-4 result vs 1st-placed Varda SE.

Insights:
  • MTK have the fewest scored goals (9) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Debrecen have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in OTP Bank Liga

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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MTK form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what MTK, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in OTP Bank Liga, have to build on here at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in the OTP Bank Liga.

MTK are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by B. Miovski).

MTK lost their last game at Varda SE (placed 1st) after a 1-4 scoreline.

0-0 away at Ferencváros before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how MTK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for MTK here at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). MTK are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Debrecen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their OTP Bank Liga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Debrecen's last three away games as they have all been lost.

R. Ugrai was the last player to score for the away team. Debrecen haven't scored a league goal in the last 184 minutes.

Debrecen are travelling again after losing away to Kecskemeti TE (after extra-time) in their previous match (1-2).

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Puskas.

We have checked recent matches where Debrecen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, two draws and four defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Debrecen are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Debrecen manager S. Huszti has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two MTK victories, three draws and five Debrecen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DebrecenR. Ugrai
R. Ugrai
7 goals
MTKB. Miovski
B. Miovski
4 goals
MTKG. Grozav
G. Grozav
4 goals

MTK missing players

Debrecen missing players

MTK Debrecen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 0 5 10
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
9 3 0 Scored S 0 10 19
12 3 0 Conceded C 0 11 19
90% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 90%
40% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 80%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 60% 40%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 70%
30% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
30% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.1 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 7.1
4.4 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9.6 6.9
2.9 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.2 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.6 9.7
3.1 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 4.3
29% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 44%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Debrecen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Debrecen have scored more than double the goals of MTK.
  • Debrecen have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Debrecen have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Debrecen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Debrecen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MTK have the fewest scored goals (9) in OTP Bank Liga
  • MTK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 10 6 2 2 15 10 4 3 1 0 6 2 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 20
2 Ferencváros 9 6 1 2 18 9 6 3 1 2 13 8 3 3 0 0 5 1 9 19
3 Puskas 9 6 1 2 13 9 3 1 0 2 3 7 6 5 1 0 10 2 4 19
4 Paksi SE 10 4 2 4 26 22 6 2 2 2 13 14 4 2 0 2 13 8 4 14
5 MOL Vidi 10 3 5 2 11 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 0 4 1 5 6 1 14
6 Zalaegerszegi TE 10 4 2 4 17 20 6 2 1 3 9 13 4 2 1 1 8 7 -3 14
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 10 4 2 4 13 17 4 2 2 0 6 4 6 2 0 4 7 13 -4 14
8 Honved 10 4 1 5 17 17 5 2 0 3 8 10 5 2 1 2 9 7 0 13
9 MTK 10 3 2 5 9 12 4 2 0 2 3 3 6 1 2 3 6 9 -3 11
10 Debrecen 10 2 3 5 19 19 5 1 2 2 9 8 5 1 1 3 10 11 0 9
11 Gyirmót 10 2 3 5 11 18 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 1 3 5 10 -7 9
12 Újpest 10 1 4 5 11 17 6 1 2 3 7 10 4 0 2 2 4 7 -6 7

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.