A massive match awaits against relegation threatened DVTK

League champions Videoton head east on Saturday to play the final league match of the season.

The final game of the 2017-18 season takes place on Saturday when Vidi visit DVTK. The match will kick off at 19:00pm and there is major importance placed on the game for the home side. They know that the only hope of avoiding relegation is to win the match.

Diosgyőr were 2 places above the relegation zone after 27 games of the campaign. They sat in 9th place when they replaced then manager Tamas Bodog with former player Fernando. They have gone on to lose 4 out of the 5 games since then (Ujpest, Mezokovesd, DVSC and Ferencvaros all picked up 3 points), while they beat Paks at home 1-0. They now find themselves rooted to the foot of the NB I. They will need to win on Saturday and hope that Vasas and Balmazujvaros both slip up.

The DVTK squad is valued at 6,15 m€ according to transfermarkt.de. That is the 8th highest in the first division and their most valuable player is Roland Ugrai, who made his debut for the national team during the autumn. He is valued at 600,000€. 

Top goalscorer is non other than Roland Ugrai with 10 goals to his name. However, he has managed just one goal over the spring season. Vela and Ioannidisz have both scored 5 goals. They have used 27 players over the course of the season with Ugrai and Ioannidisz featuring the most. They have both only missed a couple of games. Rados has been in goal in recent games for DVTK. He replaced Antal who had to undergo an operation. There will be one player out through suspension for the home side on Saturday. Tibor Nagy picked up his 5th booking in the last game against FTC. However, they will have Zoltan Liptak and Dejan Karan back from suspension.

The Videoton supporters will be most familiar with the name of Zoltan Liptak, who was part of the first title winning team in 2011. Gergo Kocsid and Mark Tamas are other players in their squad with Vidi links.

Author: David Rechnitzer

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