Videoton visit 10th in the table Puskas Academy on Saturday

A return to OTP league football at the weekend following the international break.

Match 24 of the league season takes place on Saturday with a visit to the Puskas Academy. The game will kick off at 17:00pm at the Pancho Arena. The Felcsut side are not in good form having not won any of their 4 spring league games, and scoring just twice. There were 0-0 draws with both Mezokovesd and DVSC, before defeats to both Paks and Ferencvaros. Attila Pinter's team are currently in 10th place in the table with just 4 points separating them from 7th place Debrecen and 2 points above 12th in the table Balmazujvaros.

Puskas stengthened their squad during the winter. Gonzalo Vega came in but he has yet to play a first division game. He is valued at 450,000€, with Slovenian Denis Klinare at the 600,000€ mark. Another arrival from Twente was Slovenian Dejan Trajkovski, who is thought to be around the 400,000€ value. Vidi forward Ezekiel Henty made the loan move during the winter to Felcsut. There were also departures with former Vidi midfielder Martin Hudak leaving as did Adam Csilus. The squad is valued at 9,18 million euros, which is the third highest after Fradi and Videoton in the OTP league. 

Current top goalscorer for Puskas is Josip Knezevic with 10 goals to his name. Diallo has scored 6 times while Peter Szakaly has found the back of the net 4 times. The player with the most league appearances in Mevoungou with 22 games under his belt in 2017/18. He is followed by Knezevic with 21 and David Markvart with 20 matches. 

Author: David Rechnitzer

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