Videoton have faced Ujpest the most times over the years
The two sides meet on Sunday in Szekesfehervar for the 87th time. The 86 matches to date have produced 36 Ujpest wins, 20 draws and 30 wins for Videoton. The overall goal count in those games reads 144-120 in the violets favour. The two first met 42 years ago, on the 22nd June 1968. That resulted in a 6-2 win over Vidi at the Sostoi stadium. The return game on December 1st of that year, ended in another high scoring win for the Budapest side, this time by a 6-1 margin.
The record in Fehervar over the 43 games so far has seen Vidi emerge winners 18 times, while 13 were drawn and 12 lost. Laszlo Karsai has been the most successful Vidi player against Ujpest, finding the back of their net 7 times. Closely behind him is Istvan Salloi, who has scored 6 against Ujpest, a club he later went on to become Director of Football for. Tibor Wollek, Joszef Szabo and Julinho have all managed 5 goals against Ujpest.
Goalscorers against Ujpest over the years:
7 goals: Karsai László
6 goals: Sallói István
5 goals: Wollek Tibor, Szabó József, Julinho
4 goals: Tiber László, Burcsa Győző.
3 goals: Nagy II János, Szalmásy Tamás, Zimmermann Tamás, Kuttor Attila, Jusuf Dajic.
2 goals: Kovács József, Májer Lajos, id. Horváth Gábor, Gyenti László, Földes István, Viorel Vancea, Takács Lajos, Sorato, Zombori Zalán, Szalai Tamás, Hamar István, Komódi László, Tímár Krisztián, Horváth Ferenc, Nagy Dániel.
Author: David Rechnitzer