Vidi face bottom of the table Bekescsaba on Saturday

Bekescsaba were promoted to the first division in the summer. They have played 20 games so far and won 3 of them. A further 3 have been drawn and 14 ended up in defeat. They have scored 17 and conceded 45 going in to Saturday's game.

Bekescsaba started their pre-season training on the 4th January, which is the same day as Vidi. They also spent a period in Turkey from the 26th January to the 5th February. Their 4 matches in Belek saw them draw one and lose the other 3 games.

Pre-season games

January 16.: Dabas–Békéscsaba 1–0
January 20.: Békéscsaba–Soimii Pancota (Pankota; Romanian II.) 3–1 (Oláh L., Punosevac, Szalai D.)
January 23.: Békéscsaba–Szpartak Szubotica (Szabadka; Serbian) 1–0 (Punosevac)
January 28., Belek: Botosani (Romanian)–Békéscsaba 2–1 (Laczkó Zs.)
January 30., Belek: Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian)–Békéscsaba 2–0
February 1., Belek: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkish II.)–Békéscsaba 2–0
February 4., Antalya: Vereja Sztara Zagora (Bulgarian II.)–Békéscsaba 1–1 (Vaskó)

There were 7 players that departed the club in the winter, while the same number arrived. The most notable arrival was keeper Vukasin Polekszics, who had earlier twice won the league with Debrecen. He signed for Bekescsaba in January.

Transfers in/out:

Arrivals: Baráth Bence (Csorvási SK), Nathan Eccleston (England, free, most recently with: Kilmarnock FC – Scotland), Matús Paukner (Slovakian, FC Nitra – Slovakia), Vukasin Polekszics (Montenegro, Szutjeszka Niksics – Montenegro), Takács Péter (Mezőkövesd, free), Tóth Dániel (Kozármisleny) 
loan: Hudák Martin (Puskás AFC)
Departures: Lubos Ilizi (Slovakian), Polonio-Guerreiro Joao, Georgi Korudzsiev (Bulgarian, free), Bratiszlav Punosevac (Serbian, free), Szántó Mihály, Szilágyi Péter (Soroksár)

Bekescsaba faced Ferencvaros at home last weekend and went down 1-0. It is interesting to see that their only win away from home was at the Pancho Arena. That was in August 2015 when they beat Puskas Academy FC.