A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Puskás fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Zalaegerszegi TE's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Puskás have the fewest points from losing position (0) in OTP Bank Liga
- Zalaegerszegi TE have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in OTP Bank Liga
It's no vacation for neither Puskás nor Zalaegerszegi TE as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Puskás form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Puskás Akadémia Pancho Aréna as Puskás have scored 24 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the OTP Bank Liga are 10-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Honved game Puskás has been unbeatable here at Puskás Akadémia Pancho Aréna producing four straight wins.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting MTK in a game that was won 3-0.
The defeat against Diósgyőr was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by G. Molnar).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Puskás matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and one defeat (from six games).
Puskás have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Puskás Akadémia Pancho Aréna with 24 goals in 15 league matches. Puskás have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats
There's been little loot from Zalaegerszegi TE's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the OTP Bank Liga. Zalaegerszegi TE only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
Before that, Zalaegerszegi travelled to Paksi SE and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Zalaegerszegi was very dominant against Budafoki MTE, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Artem Favorov, Márkó Futács, Márk Koszta (2) and Regő Szánthó providing the goals.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Zalaegerszegi when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Zalaegerszegi have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Zalaegerszegi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Zalaegerszegi TE - Puskás 1-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Puskás victories, three draws and four Zalaegerszegi TE wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Knežević 8 goals |   R. Szánthó 8 goals | J. Plšek 7 goals |
Puskás missing players
Zalaegerszegi TE missing players
| Puskás | Zalaegerszegi TE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 44 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 50 |
| 34 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 26 | 52 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 57% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 64% | 70% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 40% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 47% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 60% |
| 43% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 45% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 36% |
- All of Zalaegerszegi TE's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Puskás have the fewest points from losing position (0) in OTP Bank Liga
- Zalaegerszegi TE have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in OTP Bank Liga
- Zalaegerszegi TE 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 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 63 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 44 | 69 |
| 2 | Puskás | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 55 |
| 3 | MOL Vidi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 50 |
| 4 | Paksi SE | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 44 |
| 5 | Várda SE | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 42 |
| 6 | MTK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 39 |
| 7 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 38 |
| 8 | Újpest | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 60 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -20 | 38 |
| 9 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Honved | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 29 |
| 12 | Budafoki MTE | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 27 |