Kaposvári Rákóczi stubborn opponents but Puskás expect victory

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Wed 10.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Puskás Akadémia Pancho Aréna (3500 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Puskás leading Kaposvári Rákóczi by 29 points.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the OTP Bank Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zalaegerszegi TE.

L D D D L

Puskás form and stats

Overall OTP Bank Liga stats at home this season for Puskás are 4-4-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Puskás lost their last game at Zalaegerszegi TE (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ferencváros that ended 1-1.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Puskás have performed as huge favourites like they are today: nine games found in the database showing six Puskás wins, two draws and one defeat.

Puskás are traveling soon after this match as the OTP Bank Liga match at Debrecen awaits in three days.

The Puskás fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.

D L L L L

Kaposvári Rákóczi form and stats

There's been little loot from Kaposvári Rákóczi's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 13 away games in the OTP Bank Liga. Kaposvári Rákóczi, who have the most conceded goals (64) in OTP Bank Liga, only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Kaposvári Rákóczi, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Debrecen game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Debrecen (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The OTP Bank Liga match ended in a draw 1-1. A loss against Zalaegerszegi TE was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The draw against Debrecen came from a losing position. The Kaposvári Rákóczi manager L. Disztl brought on Akos Borbely as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 28 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 15 wins, nine draws and four defeats. one game were lost by at least two goals margin.

After this away game Kaposvári Rákóczi return home for a OTP Bank Liga game against Diósgyőr. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Kaposvári Rákóczi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kaposvári Rákóczi - Puskás 1-1. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Puskás, two draws and zero wins for Kaposvári Rákóczi. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

PuskásD. Vaněček II
D. Vaněček II
8 goals
PuskásÁ. Gyurcsó
Á. Gyurcsó
7 goals
PuskásJ. Knežević
J. Knežević
5 goals

Puskás missing players

Kaposvári Rákóczi missing players

Puskás Kaposvári Rákóczi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
10 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
10 4 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 5 1 Lost L 5 11 22
40 20 5 Scored S 2 8 20
34 20 5 Conceded C 15 31 64
93% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 85%
44% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 48%
37% 46% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 33%
15% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 23% 26%
67% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 31% 33%
19% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 7%
22% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 80% 62% 59%
 
5 5.5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.7 3.9
4.4 4.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 11.4 9.5 7.7
2.7 3.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.6
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
345 186 49 Total Shots T S 31 94 246
136 68 22 Shots on Target S O 11 38 100
29% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 20%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest points (4) away
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest points from losing position (2)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest scored goals (20)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest scored goals (8) away
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the most conceded goals (31) away
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the most conceded goals (64)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the most conceded goals in the first half (38)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the the worst goal difference (-23) away
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi has the the worst goal difference (-44)
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kaposvári Rákóczi is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Puskás have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puskás have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kaposvári Rákóczi 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 Ferencváros 27 19 6 2 51 21 14 11 3 0 27 6 13 8 3 2 24 15 30 63
2 MOL Vidi 27 16 6 5 49 23 14 8 2 4 28 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 26 54
3 Mezokovesd-Zsory 27 13 6 8 37 24 14 6 3 5 15 12 13 7 3 3 22 12 13 45
4 Puskás 27 10 10 7 40 34 13 4 4 5 20 20 14 6 6 2 20 14 6 40
5 Diósgyőr 27 12 4 11 36 36 13 7 1 5 17 15 14 5 3 6 19 21 0 40
6 Honved 27 10 7 10 28 34 14 5 3 6 16 21 13 5 4 4 12 13 -6 37
7 Zalaegerszegi TE 27 9 7 11 42 37 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 5 2 7 24 20 5 34
8 Varda SE 27 10 4 13 36 38 13 7 2 4 21 15 14 3 2 9 15 23 -2 34
9 Ujpest 27 9 5 13 32 39 13 3 3 7 13 19 14 6 2 6 19 20 -7 32
10 Paksi SE 27 9 5 13 32 42 13 5 3 5 16 19 14 4 2 8 16 23 -10 32
11 Debrecen 27 9 4 14 39 50 14 6 3 5 23 23 13 3 1 9 16 27 -11 31
12 Kaposvári Rákóczi 27 3 2 22 20 64 14 2 1 11 12 33 13 1 1 11 8 31 -44 11

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.