OTP Bank Liga match prediction: Little separates Paksi SE and Puskás in quality

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Paksi FC Stadion (6163 seats)

It's advantage Paksi SE so far with their 3rd position in the OTP Bank Liga table, welcoming Puskás who are placed 7th.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a OTP Bank Liga game only three days ago.

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Paksi SE form and stats

Paksi SE have collected 7 points from their OTP Bank Liga home games so far after 2-1-2.

Paksi SE enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Budafoki MTE's place. The match ended 3-2 with István Bognár, János Hahn and Máté Sajban scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Nyiregyhaza Spartacus (after extra-time) and winning 2-1.

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 Paksi SE have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.

Paksi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Paksi FC Stadion with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Paksi SE have conceded 5 goals.

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Puskás form and stats

Playing away, Puskás have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the OTP Bank Liga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Z. Hornyák, the Puskás manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Puskás go into this game after a win, the home game against Honvéd that ended 1-0. A 1-2 loss hosting Zalaegerszegi TE before that.

Late drama in the previous game, when Thomas Meissner scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Honvéd.

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

Puskás have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. For Puskás, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Paksi SE-Puskás H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Paksi three wins, Puskás five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Paksi SEJ. Hahn
J. Hahn
6 goals
PaksiD. Szakály
D. Szakály
2 goals
PuskásG. Komáromi
G. Komáromi
2 goals

Paksi SE missing players

Puskás missing players

Paksi SE Puskás
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
4 2 2 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 2 3 5
15 9 7 Scored S 2 5 11
14 5 1 Conceded C 5 8 15
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
78% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 78%
44% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 22%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
67% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
22% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
121 78 30 Total Shots T S 21 49 104
46 32 15 Shots on Target S O 7 17 36
33% 28% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 31%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • All of Puskás's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Paksi SE has the most points from losing position (6) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Paksi SE have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puskás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puskás 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 Ferencvaros 7 5 2 0 15 4 3 3 0 0 9 1 4 2 2 0 6 3 11 17
2 MOL Vidi 8 4 4 0 21 11 4 2 2 0 10 4 4 2 2 0 11 7 10 16
3 Paksi SE 9 4 2 3 15 14 5 2 1 2 9 5 4 2 1 1 6 9 1 14
4 Budafoki MTE 8 4 1 3 13 13 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 0 13
5 Várda SE 8 4 1 3 11 12 3 1 0 2 1 5 5 3 1 1 10 7 -1 13
6 MTK 9 3 3 3 14 13 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 2 1 1 8 5 1 12
7 Puskás 9 4 0 5 11 15 5 3 0 2 6 7 4 1 0 3 5 8 -4 12
8 Zalaegerszegi TE 9 3 2 4 17 18 5 1 1 3 10 13 4 2 1 1 7 5 -1 11
9 Ujpest 9 3 1 5 11 21 4 1 1 2 4 9 5 2 0 3 7 12 -10 10
10 Honvéd 9 2 3 4 14 15 4 0 2 2 5 7 5 2 1 2 9 8 -1 9
11 Mezokovesd-Zsory 9 2 2 5 8 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 4 6 -3 8
12 Diosgyor 8 2 1 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 0 0 3 2 6 -3 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.