Vidi make the visit to second placed Mezokovesd

It's back to OTP league action at the weekend following the international break. Our team has an important game in match 9 of the season against second in the table Mezokovesd. 

The Eastern based side started the season with four consecutive wins beating ZTE, Kaposvar, Puskas Academy and DVTK. An unexpected defeat at home to Paks followed. They most recently won away at Kisvarda and Ujpest with a defeat in between at home to Honved. 

Mezokovesd ended season 2017-18 in sixth place but they have made a very good start this season. Summer signings Nesterov-Karnitskiy-Berecz-Zivzivadze-and Daniel Nagy have all featured in the starting line-up. Those leaving the club included Koszta and Moutari as well as Stefan Drazic. Their squad is valued at 6,2 million euros, which is the 7th highest in the NB I. Highest valued player is Gabor Molnar who signed from Puskas Academy. Aleksandr Karnitskiy is also valued at 450,000€.

Keeper Peter Szappanos has started in each of their 8 league games. Next up is Gabor Eperjesi who has played 694 minutes. He came in during the first game of the season when Daniel Farkas suffered a serious injury. On loan Vidi player Zsombor Berecz together with Vadnai and Cseri are next up when it comes to the amount of appearances this season. Top goalscorers are Cseri and Zivzivadze with three goals each. However, another player joins them in the Canadian table with Laszlo Pekar providing 4 assists. 

InStat places Cseri in first place having made the team of the week three times. Karnitskiy is next up while Daniel Nagy, Nesterov, Zivzivade and Katanec also included. Mezokovesd manager Attila Kuttor was part of the Vidi team that won the Hungarian Cup for the first time and he also went on to coach the U17 side. His assistant is Mihlay Toth who spent 1994-95 season with our club. They also have on loan midfielder Zsombor Berecz in their squad.