Videoton will face Honved for the 94th time on Saturday

The Bozsik stadium has not proved to be the best of hunting grounds for Vidi. However, the biggest away win came in the capital against the red and blacks.

Vidi come face to face with Honved for the 94th time on Saturday evening. The 93 games to date has seen the Budapest side enjoy a better overall record. Honved have won 44, while 17 have been drawn and the remaining 32 have produced maximum points for the red and blues. Honved also have a better overall goal difference of 134-100.

The two have played each other 46 times in first division games in Budapest. The home side enjoy a better record in those matches. It was Videoton who won 2-1 on the 11th August 1968, in what was the first game in Budapest in the top division. The first series of bad results started in 1975 and lasted until 1981. Honved won seven consecutive games during that period. Vidi had a better run of results between 1981 and 1984. They won three matches in the capital, which remains the best run of results in a period. The worst set of stats came between 1984 and 2008, which lasted 24 years! Vidi did not win a single game during those years, and failed to even score a goal at the Bozsik stadium from 1995 - 2006.

 

Bp. Honvéd - Videoton FC

The two have met in 46 games in Budapest.
Honved have won 28, 9 have been drawn and 9 Vidi wins in those games.
Overall goal difference 81-32 in favour of Honved.

 

First ever league match:
That came in 1968 in the 11th game of the season. The match in Szekesfehervar on the 26th May saw the Budapest side emerge 2-1 winners. Vidi's goal that day was scored by Laszlo Kovacs. The first match at the Bozsik stadium between the two also took place in the same year. Videoton won 2-1 with goals from Kovacs and Balogh. Bertalan Bicskei was in goal for Honved in both those matches. He would later go on to become national team manager in the 90's and also Vidi manager in 2003.

Biggest ever win:
It is interesting to note that the biggest ever league win over Honved was not actually played at the Sostoi. Vidi visited the Bozsik stadium in season 2012-13 and came back with the points and a 4-0 win. Mitrovics scored two, with Oliveira and Kovacs scoring the other two.


Vidi have won by a three goal margin in five matches. Three have ended 4-1 and the other two 3-0.

Biggest defeat:
Honved twice beat Vidi with a 5-0 scoreline. The first was on the 6th June 1987 and the second on the 28th October 1995.

Match with the most goals:
The two sides have shared six goals in three matches over the years. Season 1976/77 ended in a 3-3 draw in Szekesfehervar. Burcsa scored twice while Nagy scored the other goal for Vidi that day. Honved won the other two matches at the Bozsik stadium by a 5-1 scoreline on the 16th April 1994 and 5th August 2007.

Top goalscorers:
Gyorgy Novath has 5 goals against Honved over the years. The striker scored his goals for Vidi between 1978 and 1986. All those games in which he scored ended with Vidi wins!

100th Vidi goal
The autumn fixture between the two in Szekesfsfehervar resulted in the 100th goal being scored. Roland Juhasz was the man on target as Vidi notched up a century of goals against Honved in first division matches.

Scorers against Honved:

5 goals: Novath György
4 goals: Nagy II János, Szabó József, Csucsánszky Zoltán, Horváth Ferenc
3 goals: Wollek Tibor, Szalmássy Tamás, Karsai László, Burcsa Győző, Máriási Zsolt, Takács Lajos, Terjék Lajos
2 goals: Kovács László, Zoran Kuntics, Tóth Balázs, Leo, Mario Bozic, Farkas Balázs, André Alves, Mitrovics, Kovács István
1 goal: Balogh Károly, Burka Imre, Fejes Gábor, Májer Lajos, Palkovics István, Vadász Imre, Petres Tamás, László Csaba, Jónás Gyula, Sallói István, Németh Zoltán, Keresztúri András, Tóth Norbert, Pető Tamás, Donát Rajmund, Szabó Béla, Vancsa Miklós, Daniel Usvat, Julinho, Hercegfalvi Zoltán, Kriston Attila, Szabó Tibor, Disztl Dávid, Nagy Dániel, Csizmadia Csaba, Baranyai Tibor, Sitku Illés, Présinger Ádám, Stopira, Oliveira, Nikolics Nemanja, Torghelle Sándor, Gosztonyi András, Mirko Ivanovszki, Robert Feczesin, Roland Juhasz.

Three own goals

Author: David Rechnitzer

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