OTP Bank Liga duel: Close contest expected between MTK and Mezőkövesd-Zsóry

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (5322 seats)

4th position in the OTP Bank Liga table for MTK so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Mezőkövesd-Zsóry visits Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion.

Insights:
  • MTK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the fewest scored goals (5) away in OTP Bank Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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MTK form and stats

4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the OTP Bank Liga numbers at home for MTK so far this season. The MTK manager M. Boris might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A strong away win for MTK against MOL Vidi the last match, as Bojan Miovski and Roland Varga were on target. Nobody expected MTK to beat MOL Vidi in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. In the game before, an away victory in the Hungarian Cup match versus Kazincbarcika with a 4-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with MTK perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with MTK as a small favourite), we find five games. MTK has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.

MTK are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, MTK have conceded 14 goals.

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Mezőkövesd-Zsóry form and stats

There's been little loot from Mezőkövesd-Zsóry's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the OTP Bank Liga. Mezőkövesd-Zsóry, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in OTP Bank Liga, only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry played 2-2 against Ferencvaros in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ajka at their stadium, the result 2-1.

An inspired comeback made the scores level in Mezőkövesd-Zsóry's duel with Ferencvaros. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Marin Jurina found the equalizer.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Mezőkövesd-Zsóry in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Mezőkövesd-Zsóry, three draws and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Diosgyor in just four days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Mezőkövesd-Zsóry's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Mezőkövesd-Zsóry in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mezokovesd-Zsory - MTK 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five MTK victories, two draws and three Mezőkövesd-Zsóry wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MTKB. Miovski
B. Miovski
7 goals
MTKS. Schön
S. Schön
5 goals
MTKD. Prosser
D. Prosser
4 goals

MTK missing players

Mezőkövesd-Zsóry missing players

MTK Mezőkövesd-Zsóry
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
7 4 1 Lost L 2 5 8
31 14 5 Scored S 0 5 23
28 14 5 Conceded C 4 12 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 62%
57% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 52%
38% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
52% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 52%
24% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 24%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 33%
 
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 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.4 10.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.2 8.7
4.3 4.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.9 3
34% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 36%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • MTK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MTK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have scored away.
  • MTK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry has the fewest scored goals (5) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Mezőkövesd-Zsóry have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 21 15 5 1 44 12 10 8 1 1 21 4 11 7 4 0 23 8 32 50
2 Puskas 21 11 3 7 29 28 10 6 2 2 15 10 11 5 1 5 14 18 1 36
3 MOL Vidi 21 9 6 6 43 25 12 6 4 2 25 10 9 3 2 4 18 15 18 33
4 MTK 21 9 5 7 31 28 10 4 2 4 14 14 11 5 3 3 17 14 3 32
5 Varda SE 21 8 7 6 22 25 11 4 4 3 9 11 10 4 3 3 13 14 -3 31
6 Paksi SE 21 8 5 8 42 40 10 6 1 3 23 12 11 2 4 5 19 28 2 29
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 21 8 5 8 23 27 11 6 2 3 18 15 10 2 3 5 5 12 -4 29
8 Ujpest 21 7 4 10 26 45 11 4 2 5 12 24 10 3 2 5 14 21 -19 25
9 Budafoki MTE 21 6 5 10 27 39 10 3 2 5 14 19 11 3 3 5 13 20 -12 23
10 Honved 21 5 7 9 32 32 11 1 5 5 17 18 10 4 2 4 15 14 0 22
11 Zalaegerszegi TE 21 6 4 11 37 41 10 3 2 5 21 21 11 3 2 6 16 20 -4 22
12 Diosgyor 21 5 2 14 23 37 10 4 2 4 17 15 11 1 0 10 6 22 -14 17

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.