MOL Vidi FC will entertain Kisvarda on Saturday evening in the OTP League.
Kisvarda arrive in Szekesfehervar as the current best in form side in the NB I. This record goes back over the last 7 league matches. Laszlo Dajka’s sde last lost in match 15 against Ferencvaros. They have since gone on to beat Puskas Academy, MTK, Haladas and Debrecen. There were also draws against Diosgyor, Mezokovesd and Paks. The team from Eastern Hungary continue to occupy one of the relegation places having won one game less than DVTK and also have a slight deficit in their goal difference. They were knocked out of the Hungarian Cup on Tuesday following a 2-0 first leg defeat at Ferencvaros. The second leg ended in a 1-1 draw, which meant the Budapest side made it through to the next round. There were five players that arrived in the winter and four of them can be described as first team starters. Kravchenko came in from Olimpik Donetsk, Hugo Seco from Irtysh, Grozav and Tsoukalas were free signings while Gergely Delczeg has yet to be named in the squad.
There were six that departed including Milevskiy to Dinamo Brest, Mitosevic to Vojvodina as well as Janvari and former Vidi player Izing, who joined Siofok. Ferenc Racz joined Partsvania in a free transfer. Transfermarkt.de values 25 times capped Romanian international Grozav at 700,000€. Csikszereda is another valued highly after leaving Dinamo Bucharest.
Current top goalscorer and leading the Canadian table is Zoltan Horvath with 6+4. Keeper Felipe has played the most minutes this season with 1890, followed by Lucase on 1869. Barnabas Vari is behind the pair with 1700 minutes. Laszlo Dajka does not have any players missing through suspension, with his side not receiving a yellow card in the most recent game with Mezokovesd.
Author: David Rechnitzer