Zalaegerszegi TE manager R. Waltner looking for three points in Budafoki MTE showdown

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: ZTE-Aréna (14000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the OTP Bank Liga, Zalaegerszegi TE holding 10th place and Budafoki MTE lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Zalaegerszegi TE have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Budafoki MTE is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zalaegerszegi TE and Budafoki MTE.

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Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats

When playing at home in the OTP Bank Liga, Zalaegerszegi TE have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games.

Zalaegerszegi manager R. Waltner and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Paksi SE (placed 4th) in the OTP Bank Liga. Preceding that match was the home game against Honved that was lost 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zalaegerszegi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

Zalaegerszegi are traveling soon after this match as the OTP Bank Liga match at Puskas awaits in four days.

Zalaegerszegi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ZTE-Aréna with 28 goals in 15 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zalaegerszegi TE defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Budafoki MTE form and stats

There's been little loot from Budafoki MTE's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the OTP Bank Liga. Budafoki MTE, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in OTP Bank Liga, only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Budafoki in their previous game, as they lost their OTP Bank Liga-match, hosting Diosgyor, 1-2. A 0-0 draw at MTK's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Budafoki MTE playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

Budafoki have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Budafoki struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Budafoki MTE - Zalaegerszegi TE 3-1 played earlier this season. Last six meetings between the teams: Zalaegerszegi TE won two, Budafoki MTE won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Budafoki MTED. Kovács
D. Kovács
11 goals
Zalaegerszegi TER. Szánthó
R. Szánthó
7 goals
ZalaegerszegiN. Könyves
N. Könyves
6 goals

Zalaegerszegi TE missing players

Budafoki MTE missing players

Zalaegerszegi TE Budafoki MTE
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 2 14 29
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 6
15 7 2 Lost L 0 7 16
45 28 7 Scored S 4 14 32
52 26 6 Conceded C 3 24 54
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
97% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 86%
69% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 69%
38% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 31%
14% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 17%
62% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 66%
17% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 10%
21% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.2 10.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.2 7.7
4.6 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.4 3.1
34% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 36%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Budafoki MTE have the fewest clean sheets (3) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Budafoki MTE have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Budafoki MTE have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Budafoki MTE have the the worst goal difference (-22) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Budafoki MTE is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Zalaegerszegi TE have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zalaegerszegi TE have the most dropped points from leading position (16) 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 Ferencváros 29 19 9 1 60 19 14 11 2 1 29 7 15 8 7 0 31 12 41 66
2 Puskas 28 16 4 8 40 32 14 9 2 3 21 13 14 7 2 5 19 19 8 52
3 MOL Vidi 28 12 8 8 54 32 15 7 5 3 32 15 13 5 3 5 22 17 22 44
4 Paksi SE 29 11 8 10 60 55 15 8 3 4 33 19 14 3 5 6 27 36 5 41
5 MTK 28 10 9 9 39 36 14 5 5 4 19 16 14 5 4 5 20 20 3 39
6 Varda SE 29 10 9 10 24 34 14 4 6 4 9 12 15 6 3 6 15 22 -10 39
7 Mezokovesd-Zsory 29 10 8 11 31 38 14 8 2 4 22 17 15 2 6 7 9 21 -7 38
8 Újpest 29 11 5 13 40 57 14 7 2 5 20 24 15 4 3 8 20 33 -17 38
9 Honved 28 8 9 11 40 39 14 2 6 6 22 23 14 6 3 5 18 16 1 33
10 Zalaegerszegi TE 29 8 6 15 45 52 15 5 3 7 28 26 14 3 3 8 17 26 -7 30
11 Budafoki MTE 29 7 6 16 32 54 15 4 2 9 18 30 14 3 4 7 14 24 -22 27
12 Diosgyor 29 7 5 17 31 48 14 4 5 5 20 21 15 3 0 12 11 27 -17 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.