Vidi will meet Haladas for the 71st time in the first division

Videoton will be looking to win the 37th game on Sunday. One of the strangest goals in Hungarian football was scored in this fixture 17 years ago. 

The Fehervar team enjoys the better record between the two sides, with 36 wins for the red and blues against 20 for Haladas. There have been 14 draws over the years with Vidi having the better goal difference of 118-80. 

The first ever league match:
That came in the 1968 season in the 10th game, when the two sides met for the first time in the top division in Szombathely. The game was played on the 19th May and the home side won 2-1. Vidi's goal that day came from Laszlo Karsai. 

The first ever Videoton win:
That also came in 1968 on the 19th August, when Vidi recorded a 3-0 win in the 18th game of that season. Laszlo Csukovics scored two with the third being scored by Laszlo Karsai. 

A goal that never was given:
It was not just for Vidi, but probably one of the most interesting goals in the entire Hungarian football history. It happened back in 1997 in a league game between Haladas and Vidi. Haladas player Peter Balassa scored a literally net breaking goal, which the match official failed to notice, as he thought that the ball flew over the goal and out of touch. He gave a goal kick as a result. 


Peter Balassa gave a lengthy interview to vidi.hu two years ago, where that "goal" was mentioned. The player later played for Videoton, and this is how he remembers back to that event: "How can I forget that game between Haladas and Vidi back in 1997, which ended 0-0? I scored a net breaking goal, which resulted in Vidi being awarded a goal kick following that. I have to say that I ended up coming out of the story well. The TV, radio and journalists kept the story in the limelight for weeks after that match and they showed my goal everywhere. My name appeared in many places. The match referee, Mr Sanyi Piller was the only person inside the stadium who did not notice that I had scored a perfectly legal goal. The ball went through the net, which ended up bringing me in to the centre of attention. I can honestly say that I have not seen a similar incident since then, so this really was a piece of footballing history, and I played an active role in it" - laughed Balassa. 

The biggest win:
The were two games in which Vidi beat Haladas by 6 goals. The first was on the 7th June 1970, in a 7-1 win at the Sostoi stadium (goals: Tibor Wollek 4, Laszlo Karsai 2 and Laszlo Csukovics), while the second game was played on the 24th September 1977, in a league game in Szekesfehervar that ended 6-0. Laszlo Majer scored three goals, with Jozsef Szabo, Gyozo Burcsa and Laszlo Karsai scoring the others. There are another two league games that are worthy of notice: The 6-1 home win on the 22nd May 2004 (goals: Hercegfalvi, Koller, Koczian, Medved, Szabo and a penalty from keeper Daniel Tudor.) The other match was in September 1988, which saw Vidi win 4-0 against Haladas. Novath, Emmer, Petres and an own goal did the damage that day. 

The best ever individual performance:
That appears in the game above, with the title of four goal here Tibor Wollek saying it all. There have been two other times when there has been a similar statistic of four goals being scored by one player. Robert Jovan did that in 1988, while Zoran Kuntics also scored 4 in the 1995 season. There have been three players that have managed to score a hatrick in games against Haladas. Laszlo Majer did that in 1977 in a 6-0 win, Tibor Nagy also achieved the same fate in 1982, in a match that Vidi won 3-0. Ferenc Horvath is the other player to have done so in a match in 1992, which ended Haladas - Videoton 2-4. 

The biggest defeat:
Haladas beat Videoton 4-0 in October 1976, with that match being played in Szombathely.

The league game with the highest amount of goals:
That came in 1970 in a 7-1 scoreline in Fehervar, which saw a record 8 goals being scored. There have twice been games with a total of 7 goals: A 6-1 win for Vidi in May 2004, and the 2009-2010 autumn season match, which Haladas won 4-3. There were no complaints from the supporters either in that same 2009-2010 season, when Vidi beat Haladas 4-2 at the Sostoi in the spring. 

The top goalscorer:
Tibor Wollek 4, Laszlo Májer, Tibor Nagy and Ferenc Horvath with 3 each in a game against Haladas. Laszlo Karsai has scored the most goals against Haladas with a total of 11 goals over the years.

   
  Laszlo Karsai has been the most successful player in terms of goals scored against Haladas. He has netted an impressive 11 goals overall.  

Goalscorers against Haladas:

11 goals: Karsai László
10 goals: Wollek Tibor
6 goals:  Szabó József, Nemanja Nikolics
5 goals:  Novath György, Horváth Ferenc
4 goals:  Sallói István
3 goals:  Májer Lajos, Burcsa Győző, Nagy Tibor, Vadász Imre, Csukovics László
2 goals:  Borsányi István, Csucsánszky Zoltán, Emmer László, Petres Tamás, Takács Lajos, Terjék Lajos, Szabó Tibor, Tomas Medved, Sitku Illés, André Alves, Gyurcsó Ádám
1 goal:  Burka Imre, Baranyi Sándor, Végh Tibor, Tiber László, Palkovics István, Kerekes György, Wittman Géza, Tóth Ernő, Szprecsak, Bekő Balázs, Czéh László, Váczi Dénes, Korsós Attila, Dvéri Zsolt, Takács György, Tóth Balázs, Magasföldi József, Hercegfalvi Zoltán, Koller Ákos, Kóczián Ferenc, Daniel Tudor, Cesar Romero, Marko Andics, Gosztonyi András, Vaskó Tamás, Filipe Oliveira, Sándor György, Arturo Álvarez, Kleinheisler László

5 own goals.

Author: David Rechnitzer

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