Zalaegerszegi TE vs MOL Vidi match preview: Even contest expected at ZTE-Aréna

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Competition: Hungary OTP Bank Liga
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: ZTE-Aréna (14000 seats)

The home team stadium regulars await a victory in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Zalaegerszegi TE are in 7th place while the guesting MOL Vidi stress at 10th.

Insights:
  • Zalaegerszegi TE is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • MOL Vidi have the fewest clean sheets (2) in OTP Bank Liga

Zalaegerszegi TE are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Vidi are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

Zalaegerszegi TE and MOL Vidi 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

When playing at home in the OTP Bank Liga, Zalaegerszegi TE have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 429 minutes without scoring a league goal. Huszti was the last player to find the net.

The spoils were shared in Zalaegerszegi TE's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vasas (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Manzinga felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Vasas as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 70th minute.

Prior to that, an away loss at Puskás.

This is expected to be a close game, with Zalaegerszegi TE perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zalaegerszegi TE as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Zalaegerszegi TE has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Zalaegerszegi TE are traveling soon after this match as the Hungarian Cup match at Mezokovesd-Zsory awaits in three days.

Zalaegerszegi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Zalaegerszegi TE have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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MOL Vidi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MOL Vidi so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in MOL Vidi's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Vidi played 1-1 against Puskás in their previous match.

A 1-2 defeat away at Mezokovesd-Zsory before that.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as MOL Vidi have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The newest registered history featuring both these sides is the MOL Vidi - Zalaegerszegi TE 1-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Zalaegerszegi victories, four draws and four MOL Vidi wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zalaegerszegi TEE. Ikoba
E. Ikoba
10 goals
MOL VidiK. Kodro
K. Kodro
8 goals
Zalaegerszegi TEB. Gergényi
B. Gergényi
3 goals

Zalaegerszegi TE missing players

MOL Vidi missing players

Zalaegerszegi TE MOL Vidi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 1 6
8 4 1 Lost L 2 8 9
25 11 1 Scored S 2 6 24
23 11 2 Conceded C 5 19 29
85% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 85%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 65%
40% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
30% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 25%
 
5.2 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 6 5.2
5.5 5.9 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.9 4.5
2.8 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.1 14.1 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 7.4 8.4
4.8 5.3 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.1 3.6
26% 21% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 19% 33%
 
9.1 8.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.7 9
3.6 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.9
Key stats in OTP Bank Liga this season:
  • MOL Vidi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MOL Vidi have the fewest clean sheets (2) in OTP Bank Liga
  • MOL Vidi have the fewest points (4) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • MOL Vidi have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in OTP Bank Liga
  • MOL Vidi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zalaegerszegi TE is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 14 4 2 43 16 10 8 2 0 22 6 10 6 2 2 21 10 27 46
2 Kecskemeti TE 20 7 11 2 28 20 10 5 5 0 19 11 10 2 6 2 9 9 8 32
3 Várda SE 20 8 7 5 32 33 10 4 4 2 16 13 10 4 3 3 16 20 -1 31
4 Debrecen 20 8 6 6 36 31 10 6 3 1 20 11 10 2 3 5 16 20 5 30
5 Puskás 20 7 9 4 25 21 10 5 3 2 12 9 10 2 6 2 13 12 4 30
6 Mezokovesd-Zsory 20 7 5 8 23 27 10 6 2 2 15 14 10 1 3 6 8 13 -4 26
7 Zalaegerszegi TE 20 6 6 8 25 23 10 3 3 4 11 11 10 3 3 4 14 12 2 24
8 Paksi SE 20 6 5 9 31 35 10 4 1 5 14 13 10 2 4 4 17 22 -4 23
9 Ujpest 20 6 4 10 24 35 10 4 3 3 18 19 10 2 1 7 6 16 -11 22
10 MOL Vidi 20 5 6 9 24 29 10 4 5 1 18 10 10 1 1 8 6 19 -5 21
11 Vasas 20 3 9 8 14 22 10 2 3 5 9 13 10 1 6 3 5 9 -8 18
12 Honved 20 4 6 10 22 35 10 1 5 4 10 13 10 3 1 6 12 22 -13 18

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.