Round two of the OTP Bank Liga season and the participants have digested the first match. Here's the best Zalaegerszegi TE - MTK pre-match guide:
Zalaegerszegi TE have less rest than MTK in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at ZTE-Aréna. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, MTK have had more rest.
Zalaegerszegi TE form and stats
In the previous season, Zalaegerszegi TE's league statistics were 10 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, providing 9th spot in the OTP Bank Liga. Over these 33 matches they scored {37 goals} and gave away 43. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Zalaegerszegi TE delivered 6-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 16 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first OTP Bank Liga game of the season here at ZTE-Aréna. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from Zalaegerszegi TE's 16 home games.
Zalaegerszegi TE's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 1-2 vs Osijek (in Europa Conference League). The gifted forward Ikoba outperformed all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.71 out of 10. Ikoba scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match, Zalaegerszegi lost 0-2 at home to Varda SE.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 10 games. Zalaegerszegi TE has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.
At ZTE-Aréna, Zalaegerszegi TE has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
MTK form and stats
Let's have a look at how MTK performed last season in the NB 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 41/25 goals scored/conceded.
MTK's last game was the home draw against Paksi SE (1-1).
Preceding that game was the away NB 2 victory against Gyirmot with the score of 2-1.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Zalaegerszegi victories, zero draws and three MTK wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
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Zalaegerszegi TE missing players
MTK missing players
| Zalaegerszegi TE | MTK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Last season | MTK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 41 | 86 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 73% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 63% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 39% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 37% | 37% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 63% | ||
| 30% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 26% | ||
| 33% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 42% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ujpest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Puskas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Debrecen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Varda SE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | MTK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Paksi SE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kecskemeti TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ferencváros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MOL Fehérvár | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Diosgyor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Ferencváros | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Kecskemeti TE | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 57 |
| 3 | Debrecen | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 54 |
| 4 | Puskas | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 53 |
| 5 | Paksi SE | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Varda SE | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 43 |
| 7 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 42 |
| 8 | Ujpest | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -6 | 39 |
| 10 | MOL Fehérvár | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 29 | -5 | 35 |
| 11 | Honved | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | -17 | 33 |
| 12 | Vasas | 33 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 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 | Diosgyor | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 79 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 43 | 87 |
| 2 | MTK | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 38 | 74 |
| 3 | Ajka | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 68 |
| 4 | Szeged 2011 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 64 |
| 5 | Soroksar SC | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 57 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 61 |
| 6 | Gyirmot | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 60 |
| 7 | Pecsi MFC | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 58 |
| 8 | Siofok | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -6 | 56 |
| 9 | Szombathelyi Haladas | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 28 | -2 | 51 |
| 10 | Budafoki MTE | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -1 | 50 |
| 11 | Gyori ETO | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 46 |
| 12 | MTE 1904 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 44 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 16 | -8 | 46 |
| 13 | Tiszakecske | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 32 | -12 | 46 |
| 14 | Kazincbarcika | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 45 |
| 15 | Csakvari TK | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 50 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | -6 | 42 |
| 16 | Szentlorinc SE | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -14 | 39 |
| 17 | Nyiregyhaza Spartacus | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 55 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 38 |
| 18 | Kozarmisleny | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -23 | 38 |
| 19 | Bekescsaba | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -9 | 37 |
| 20 | Dorogi | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 61 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 31 |