OTP Bank Liga prediction and preview: Zalaegerszegi TE modest favorites to beat Diósgyőr

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: ZTE-Aréna (14000 seats)

It's early days in the OTP Bank Liga and both Zalaegerszegi TE and Diósgyőr are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Zalaegerszegi TE and Diósgyőr should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats

Two OTP Bank Liga home games so far for Zalaegerszegi TE, who are yet to win here at ZTE-Aréna. Only 1 point so far.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting MTK.

As mentioned above, Zalaegerszegi "killed" Mezőkeresztes in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

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 two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Zalaegerszegi TE's 2 home games: 4 goals, 5 conceded.

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Diósgyőr form and stats

Home advantage was not enough for Diósgyőr in their previous game, as they lost their OTP Bank Liga-match, hosting Honved, 2-4. A draw for Diósgyőr before that, at their own venue hosting MTK (1-1).

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Diósgyőr, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Diósgyőr when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing two and winning three games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zalaegerszegi TE two wins, three draws and Diósgyőr five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zalaegerszegi TEB. Babati
B. Babati
3 goals
DiósgyőrG. Molnár
G. Molnár
2 goals
Zalaegerszegi TEJ. Szépe
J. Szépe
1 goals

Zalaegerszegi TE missing players

Diósgyőr missing players

Zalaegerszegi TE Diósgyőr
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 0 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
8 4 0 Scored S 0 0 5
6 5 0 Conceded C 0 0 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
25% 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
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
35 20 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 36
15 9 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 16
53% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest points (0) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest scored goals (0) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • Diósgyőr has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in OTP Bank Liga
  • Zalaegerszegi TE has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in OTP Bank Liga
Zalaegerszegi TE Last season Diósgyőr
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   17 33
11 5   Won W   5 12
10 7   Drew D   3 5
12 4   Lost L   9 16
51 24   Scored S   21 40
44 21   Conceded C   32 52
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
45% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 58%
30% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 27%
21% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
55% 69%   BTTS BTTS   47% 52%
27% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 21%
21% 12%   Failed to Score F T   35% 27%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.2
6 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
384 178   Total Shots T S   150 308
159 77   Shots on Target S O   53 109
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MOL Vidi 4 2 2 0 11 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 7 4 5 8
2 Ferencvaros 3 2 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 7
3 Mezokovesd-Zsory 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
4 Puskás 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 6
5 Varda SE 4 2 0 2 7 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 -1 6
6 Zalaegerszegi TE 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 5
7 MTK 4 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 5
8 Diósgyőr 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4
9 Ujpest 4 1 1 2 7 9 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 -2 4
10 Budafoki MTE 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 4
11 Honved 3 1 0 2 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 3
12 Paksi SE 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 6 -7 1
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 23 7 3 58 24 17 14 3 0 30 6 16 9 4 3 28 18 34 76
2 MOL Vidi 33 18 9 6 56 29 17 10 3 4 32 18 16 8 6 2 24 11 27 63
3 Puskás 33 14 12 7 52 41 16 7 4 5 27 23 17 7 8 2 25 18 11 54
4 Mezokovesd-Zsory 33 14 8 11 42 31 17 7 3 7 18 16 16 7 5 4 24 15 11 50
5 Honved 33 12 8 13 36 44 17 6 4 7 21 26 16 6 4 6 15 18 -8 44
6 Zalaegerszegi TE 33 11 10 12 51 44 16 5 7 4 24 21 17 6 3 8 27 23 7 43
7 Ujpest 33 12 7 14 45 45 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 6 3 7 21 23 0 43
8 Varda SE 33 12 6 15 42 43 16 7 4 5 23 18 17 5 2 10 19 25 -1 42
9 Paksi SE 33 11 8 14 46 53 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 4 4 9 21 30 -7 41
10 Diósgyőr 33 12 5 16 40 52 16 7 2 7 19 20 17 5 3 9 21 32 -12 41
11 Debrecen 33 11 6 16 48 57 17 7 5 5 30 26 16 4 1 11 18 31 -9 39
12 Kaposvari Rakoczi 33 4 2 27 27 80 16 3 1 12 16 35 17 1 1 15 11 45 -53 14

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.