Hungarian Football League: Honvéd end Paks run and return to summit
Budapest Honvéd defeated Paks 2-0 at home to bring the visitors’ unbeaten run in the spring to an end, in the process returning themselves to the top of NB I thanks to title rivals Videoton’s surprise 1-1 draw with Mezőkövesd at their temporary home of the Pancho Aréna.
OTP Bank Liga, 27th round:
Budapest Honvéd 2–0 Paksi FC (2–0)
Bozsik Stadion, 2000 spectators, ref.: Berke
Goalscorers: Eppel (18.), Zsótér (39.)
Yellow cards: Gévay (Paks, 47.)
Budapest Honvéd: Gróf – Lovric, Bobál, Kamber – Ikenne-King, Gazdag (Koszta, 67.), Hidi, Zsótér, Holender (Nagy G., 74.) – Eppel, Lanzafame (Balázs Zs., 84.)
Paksi FC: Molnár P. – Kulcsár D., Zachán, Gévay, Báló – Papp K. – Haraszti (Szakály D., 73.), Hajdú Á., Bertus, Bartha (Koltai T., 73.)- Hahn (Vernes, 84.)
Videoton FC 1–1 Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC (1–1)
Felcsút, 1400 spectators, ref.: Solymosi
Goalscorers: VID: Suljic (25.), MEZ: Molnár (27.)
Yellow cards: VID: Fiola (68.), Juhász (74.), MEZ: Hudák (7.), Gohér (59.), Bacelic-Grgic (74.), Szeles (81.), Egerszegi (83.)
Videoton: Kovácsik – Nego, Juhász, Vinícius, Fiola – Hadzic (Géresi, 46.), Varga, Szolnoki (Pátkai, 69.), Suljic (Bódi, 90.) – Maric, Scepovic
Mezőkövesd: Tujvel – Vági, Hudák, Szeles, Gohér – Tóth B. (Bacelic-Grgic, 72.), Egerszegi – Pauljevic, Sós (Baracskai, 54.), Molnár G. – Strestík (Diallo, 87.)
Swietelsky Haladás 2–0 Diósgyőri VTK (1–0)
Sopron, 1743 spectators, ref.: Vad II.
Goalscorers: HAL: Jancsó (28.), Williams (79.)
Red card: Nono (90.)
Yellow cards: HAL: Devecseri (49.), Lipták (52.), Iszlai (65.), DIÓ: Makrai (11.), Lipták (52.), Busai (66.)
Swietelsky Haladás: Király – Polgár (Schimmer, 72.), Wils, Jancsó (Williams, 63.), Devecseri, Bosnjak – Kiss B., Jagodics, Iszlai – Rácz, K. Mészáros (Halmosi, 88.)
Diósgyőri VTK: Antal – Eperjesi, Lipták, Mevoungou (Busai, 62.), Karan, Tamás – Vela, Nono, Ugrai (Fülöp, 71.), Makrai (Szarka, 40.) – Novothny
Újpest FC–Gyirmót FC 2–2 (1–1)
Szusza Ferenc Stadion, 1673 spectators, ref.: Pintér
Goalscorers: ÚJP: Diarra (26.), Bardhi (57.), GYI: Bojovic (35.), Novák (55.)
Yellow cards: ÚJP: Diarra (75.), GYI: Bojovic (17.), Madarász (47.), Kolcák (59.), Nagy S. (85.), Novák (89.)
Újpest FC: Banai – Balázs B. (Szűcs K., 42.), Kecskés, Kálnoki-Kis, Mohl – Windecker, Cseke (Pávkovics, 73.) – Heris, Diarra, Balogh B. – Bardhi (Andric, 83.)
Gyirmót FC: Nagy S. – Sebastian, Bojovic, Radeljic, Szegi – Kolcák, Simon Á., Madarász (Veres, 74.), Kiss M. – Novák (Máté J., 93.), Csiki (Farkas Z., 86.)
Debreceni VSC 0–0 MTK Budapest
Nagyerdei Stadion, 2363 spectators, ref.: Erdős
Yellow cards: DEB: Osváth (61.), MTK: Baki (59.), Okuka (90.)
DVSC: Danilovic – Osváth, Szatmári, Brkovic, Ferenczi – Filip, Tőzsér – Jovanovic (Mengolo, 78.), Holman (Feltscher, 82.), Könyves – Suk (Handzic, 62.)
MTK: Petkovic – Baki (Okuka, 86.), Grgic, Poór, Vadnai – Borbély (Katona, 78.), Vass Á. – Kolomojec, Kanta, Vogyicska (Nikházi, 40.) – Torghelle
Ferencváros 1–2 Vasas (1–0)
Groupama Aréna, 5044 spectators, ref.: Farkas (Bognár, 21.)
Goalscorers: FTC: Sternberg (45+1.), VAS: Berecz (54.), Saglik (56.)
Red card: FTC: Nalepa (66.)
Yellow cards: FTC: Nalepa (24., 66.), Dilaver (49.), Böde (52.), Cukic (77.), Sternberg (83.), VAS: James (35.), Ristevski (45.), Remili (49.)
Ferencváros: Holczer – Lovrencsics, Hüsing, Nalepa, Sternberg – Gera (Botka, 76.), Dilaver (Cukic, 76.) – Varga R., Bognár I. (Kleinheisler, 62.), Amadou – Böde
Vasas: Nagy G. – Korcsmár (Burmeister, 69.), Vaskó, Ristevski – Kleisz, James (Vida, 58.), Berecz, Murka – Remili, Gaál – Saglik (Király B., 85.)
League table:
1. Budapest Honvéd 27 15 5 7 41-25 50 points
2. Videoton FC 27 14 7 6 52-23 49
3. Vasas 27 13 5 9 43-31 44
4. Swietelsky Haladás 27 11 6 10 34-34 39
5. Ferencváros 27 10 9 8 42-36 39
6. Paksi FC 27 9 11 7 32-30 38
7. Újpest FC 27 8 12 7 41-41 36
8. Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 27 9 8 10 30-38 35
9. Debreceni VSC 27 8 7 12 30-35 31
10. MTK Budapest 27 7 10 10 20-28 31
11. Diósgyőri VTK 27 8 4 15 32-51 28
12. Gyirmót FC 27 4 8 15 15-40 20
OTP Bank Liga top goalscorers’ chart:
12 goals:
Eppel (Honvéd)
11 goals:
Scepovic (Videoton)
9 goals:
Bardhi (Újpest), Böde (Ferencváros), Lazovic (Videoton)
The 28th round fixture list:
Saturday 22nd April:
Debreceni VSC–Swietelsky Haladás 18.00
MTK Budapest–Videoton FC 18.00
Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC–Újpest FC 18.00
Gyirmót FC–Ferencváros 18.00
Paksi FC–Diósgyőri VTK 18.00
Vasas–Budapest Honvéd, Szusza Ferenc Stadion 20.30
Source: MLSZ – Press release
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