Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Újpest in 8th and Zalaegerszegi TE in 5th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Újpest form and stats
Újpest have played 15 OTP Bank Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Újpest, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Újpest drew their last game, 0-0 away at Ferencváros (placed 1st). Before that, Újpest drew at home versus Mezokovesd-Zsory.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kaposvari Rakoczi are coming to town in four days.
Újpest has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.
Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their OTP Bank Liga travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Zalaegerszegi TE goalkeeper Patrik Demjen is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Zalaegerszegi's previous game versus Honved (placed 7th), a OTP Bank Liga 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Varda SE at their stadium, the result 1-0.
After this away game Zalaegerszegi return home for a OTP Bank Liga game against MOL Vidi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Zalaegerszegi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 16 away games so far. Zalaegerszegi have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Zalaegerszegi TE - Újpest 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Újpest victories, three draws and two Zalaegerszegi TE wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Radó 13 goals |  G. Bobál 11 goals |  S. Novothny 5 goals |
Újpest missing players
Zalaegerszegi TE missing players
| Újpest | Zalaegerszegi TE | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 38 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 26 | 49 |
| 43 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 16% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 52% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 31% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 304 | 150 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 195 | 363 |
| 113 | 53 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 75 | 146 |
| 34% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 35% | 33% |
- Zalaegerszegi TE have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 73 |
| 2 | MOL Vidi | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 26 | 59 |
| 3 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Puskas | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Diosgyor | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -4 | 41 |
| 7 | Honved | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -9 | 41 |
| 8 | Újpest | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 23 | -6 | 37 |
| 9 | Paksi SE | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 37 |
| 10 | Varda SE | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 11 | Debrecen | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 32 |
| 12 | Kaposvari Rakoczi | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 36 | -45 | 14 |