Soccer betting preview: MTK welcomes Puskás in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Fri 15.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion (5322 seats)

Numbers, trends, results, form, head to head, selected XIs and a lot more: Here's all you must know on MTK - Puskás!

Insights:
  • MTK have the most clean sheets (2) at home in OTP Bank Liga
  • Puskás have the most clean sheets (3) in OTP Bank Liga

This could be an exciting match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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MTK form and stats

MTK must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three OTP Bank Liga games here at Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion.

MTK lost their last game at Zalaegerszegi TE (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Gheorghe Grozav for missing a penalty kick versus Zalaegerszegi TE in the 81st minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Before that, MTK had a home game versus Mezokovesd-Zsory which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 MTK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.

MTK has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, MTK have conceded only 2 goals.

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Puskás form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (3) in OTP Bank Liga, on their OTP Bank Liga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

228 minutes! That's how long the Puskás goalkeeper Balazs Toth and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Puskás are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the OTP Bank Liga against Mezokovesd-Zsory (placed 10th).

Before that, Puskás travelled to MOL Vidi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

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

Puskás has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. The Puskás defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for MTK, zero draws and five wins for Puskás. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

MTKB. Miovski
B. Miovski
4 goals
MTKG. Grozav
G. Grozav
4 goals
PuskásM. Băluță
M. Băluță
2 goals

MTK missing players

Puskás missing players

MTK Puskás
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 1 4 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
9 3 0 Scored S 0 6 9
11 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 86%
75% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 57%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 43%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
62% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 43%
25% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 43%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 29%
 
4.5 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 5.3
4.5 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.6
3 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
7.9 7.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.5 8.6
3.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.4
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 38%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • MTK have the most clean sheets (2) at home in OTP Bank Liga
  • MTK have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • MTK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Puskás have not yet lost a game away.
  • Puskás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puskás have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Puskás have the most clean sheets (3) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Puskás have the most points (10) away in OTP Bank Liga

  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 7 6 0 1 17 7 4 3 0 1 12 6 3 3 0 0 5 1 10 18
2 Varda SE 8 6 0 2 13 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 5 18
3 Paksi SE 8 4 1 3 23 18 5 2 1 2 11 12 3 2 0 1 12 6 5 13
4 Honved 8 4 1 3 14 12 4 2 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 13
5 Puskás 7 4 1 2 9 9 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 3 1 0 6 2 0 13
6 MOL Vidi 8 2 5 1 9 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 4 0 5 5 1 11
7 MTK 8 3 1 4 9 11 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 1 1 3 6 9 -2 10
8 Debrecen 8 2 3 3 19 15 4 1 2 1 9 5 4 1 1 2 10 10 4 9
9 Zalaegerszegi TE 8 2 2 4 13 18 5 1 1 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 6 6 -5 8
10 Mezokovesd-Zsory 8 2 2 4 9 15 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 1 0 4 4 11 -6 8
11 Gyirmot 8 1 3 4 8 15 4 0 2 2 4 7 4 1 1 2 4 8 -7 6
12 Ujpest 8 0 3 5 10 17 5 0 2 3 6 10 3 0 1 2 4 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.