Can Várda SE beat Zalaegerszegi TE in Várkerti Stadion clash?

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Várkerti Stadion

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Várda SE are in the 7th position while the guesting Zalaegerszegi TE worry at 9th.

Insights:
  • Várda SE has the fewest scored goals (20) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in OTP Bank Liga

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.

Zalaegerszegi are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Várda SE form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Várda SE, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in OTP Bank Liga, have to build on here at Várkerti Stadion in the OTP Bank Liga.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 231 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Jelena was the last player to find the net.

A good away victory last time out for Várda, who won 2-1 against Soroksar SC. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Diosgyor (0-2).

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 Várda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost three.

Várda aren't scoring a lot here at Várkerti Stadion in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats

Playing away, Zalaegerszegi TE have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the OTP Bank Liga this season.

Zalaegerszegi TE play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Tiszafuredi VSE. The game before that, in the OTP Bank Liga, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Puskas.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Zalaegerszegi in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Zalaegerszegi TE, one draw and three defeats.

Zalaegerszegi TE has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. In the opposite end, Zalaegerszegi have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Zalaegerszegi TE - Várda SE 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Várda four wins, two draws and Zalaegerszegi TE four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zalaegerszegi TEN. Könyves
N. Könyves
6 goals
Zalaegerszegi TER. Szánthó
R. Szánthó
5 goals
Zalaegerszegi TEJ. Szépe
J. Szépe
4 goals

Várda SE missing players

Zalaegerszegi TE missing players

Várda SE Zalaegerszegi TE
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
7 3 1 Won W 1 3 6
7 4 2 Drew D 2 2 4
6 3 0 Lost L 0 5 10
20 7 2 Scored S 6 15 36
24 10 1 Conceded C 3 18 39
80% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
45% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 80%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 50%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 20%
50% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 75%
25% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 15%
45% 60% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.1 12.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.5 9.7
3.6 4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.8
28% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 38%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • All of Zalaegerszegi TE's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Várda SE has the fewest scored goals (20) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Várda SE has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE has the most matches over the total-line (16) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE have scored at least twice as many goals away as Várda SE have scored home.
  • 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 20 15 4 1 42 10 10 8 1 1 21 4 10 7 3 0 21 6 32 49
2 MOL Vidi 20 9 6 5 42 23 11 6 4 1 24 8 9 3 2 4 18 15 19 33
3 Puskas 20 10 3 7 26 26 9 5 2 2 12 8 11 5 1 5 14 18 0 33
4 Paksi SE 20 8 5 7 40 37 10 6 1 3 23 12 10 2 4 4 17 25 3 29
5 MTK 20 8 5 7 29 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 10 4 3 3 15 13 2 29
6 Mezokovesd-Zsory 20 8 4 8 21 25 10 6 1 3 16 13 10 2 3 5 5 12 -4 28
7 Várda SE 20 7 7 6 20 24 10 3 4 3 7 10 10 4 3 3 13 14 -4 28
8 Honved 20 5 7 8 30 29 10 1 5 4 15 15 10 4 2 4 15 14 1 22
9 Zalaegerszegi TE 20 6 4 10 36 39 10 3 2 5 21 21 10 3 2 5 15 18 -3 22
10 Ujpest 20 6 4 10 25 45 10 3 2 5 11 24 10 3 2 5 14 21 -20 22
11 Budafoki MTE 20 5 5 10 24 37 10 3 2 5 14 19 10 2 3 5 10 18 -13 20
12 Diosgyor 20 5 2 13 23 36 10 4 2 4 17 15 10 1 0 9 6 21 -13 17

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.