Újpest vs MOL Fehérvár match preview: Even contest expected at Szusza Ferenc Stadion

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Szusza Ferenc Stadion (5145 seats)

It's a fresh OTP Bank Liga campaign and Újpest are aching to get started here at Szusza Ferenc Stadion. MOL Fehérvár are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season premiere.

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Újpest form and stats

The previous season, Újpest's league results were 11 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 8th place in the OTP Bank Liga. Over these 33 matches they scored {42 goals} and gave away 55. Appearing as the home team in the last season Újpest generated 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 28 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Újpest perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Újpest as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Újpest has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Újpest have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Újpest scored {14 goals} and let in {7 goals} during these six games.

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MOL Fehérvár form and stats

Let's have a look at how MOL Fehérvár performed last season in the OTP Bank Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {43 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 11/29 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with MOL Fehérvár playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 0 Fehérvár wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

MOL Fehérvár played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these three matches MOL Fehérvár scored 4 and conceded {7 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Újpest have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (5-2-0) when playing MOL Fehérvár.

The matches between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Újpest missing players

MOL Fehérvár missing players

Újpest MOL Fehérvár
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Újpest Last season MOL Fehérvár
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   17 33
11 8   Won W   1 8
8 5   Drew D   4 11
14 4   Lost L   12 14
42 32   Scored S   11 38
55 28   Conceded C   29 43
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
76% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 82%
55% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 52%
36% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
24% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
58% 76%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
24% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 21%
24% 6%   Failed to Score F T   41% 27%
 
4.9 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.6
4.3 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.8
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   5 6
 
8.6 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 8.2
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.2
34% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 36%
 
6.7 4.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 9.6
3.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Debrecen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Diósgyőr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ferencvaros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kecskemeti TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Mezokovesd-Zsory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MOL Fehérvár 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MTK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Paksi SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Puskás 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Újpest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Varda SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Zalaegerszegi TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 33 19 6 8 62 33 16 10 4 2 33 14 17 9 2 6 29 19 29 63
2 Kecskemeti TE 33 15 12 6 48 32 17 9 6 2 31 17 16 6 6 4 17 15 16 57
3 Debrecen 33 15 9 9 52 39 17 9 4 4 28 17 16 6 5 5 24 22 13 54
4 Puskás 33 14 11 8 48 42 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 5 8 4 24 22 6 53
5 Paksi SE 33 14 7 12 57 57 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 6 5 6 33 38 0 49
6 Varda SE 33 10 13 10 43 49 17 6 7 4 24 20 16 4 6 6 19 29 -6 43
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 33 11 9 13 40 43 17 8 4 5 25 23 16 3 5 8 15 20 -3 42
8 Újpest 33 11 8 14 42 55 17 8 5 4 32 28 16 3 3 10 10 27 -13 41
9 Zalaegerszegi TE 33 10 9 14 37 43 16 6 5 5 17 16 17 4 4 9 20 27 -6 39
10 MOL Fehérvár 33 8 11 14 38 43 16 7 7 2 27 14 17 1 4 12 11 29 -5 35
11 Honved 33 8 9 16 34 51 16 4 5 7 18 20 17 4 4 9 16 31 -17 33
12 Vasas 33 4 14 15 29 43 17 2 7 8 16 23 16 2 7 7 13 20 -14 26

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.