OTP Bank Liga: Wins for top three as Haladás revival continues

League leaders Ferencváros won 1-0 on the road at Kisvárda and 2nd-placed Vidi came from behind to take all three points against Debrecen, whilst an own-goal and a penalty did for Paks at home to 3rd-place Újpest. At the bottom of the table, Haladás’ revival continues with a 3-0 victory over Puskás Akadémia.

Kisvárda 0–1 Ferencváros (HT: 0–0)
Goalscorer: Signevich (47’)
Kisvárda: Felipe – Lukjanchuk, Kravcsenko, Beriosz, Protics – Karaszjuk (Horváth Z., 84’), Gosztonyi (Melnyik, 66’), Cukalasz, Lucas, Seco (Sassá, 73’) – Ilic
Ferencváros: Dibusz – Lovrencsics G., Blažić (Frimpong, 33’), Dvali, Heister – Haratin, Sigér (Tokmac, 75’) – Isael, Gorriarán, Petrjak – Signevich (Lanzafame, 64’)

Mikalay Signevich scored the only goal of the game to give Ferencváros all three points away to a stubborn Kisvárda side. Meeting a Gergő Lovrencsics cross from the right, the big Belarussian centre-forward fired into the roof of the net from close-range just two minutes into the second half. Kisvárda played the last 30 minutes of the match with ten men following the red carding of defender Pavlo Lukyanchuk.

Vidi 2–1 Debrecen (0–0)
Goalscorers: VID: Šćepović (77’), Pátkai (84’); DEB: Tőzsér (54’)
MOL Vidi FC: Kovácsik – Nego, Juhász R., Vinícius, Stopira – Kovács I. (Huszti 66’), Pátkai, Elek (Hadžić 72’), Milanov (Hodžić 66’) – Futács, Šćepović
Debrecen: Nagy S. – Bényei, Kinyik, Pávkovics, Ferenczi – Jovanović (Csősz 81’), Haris (Takács T. 86’), Tőzsér, Bódi – Varga K. (Zsóri 83’), Szécsi

Vidi fell behind to a long-range Dániel Tőzsér free kick after 54 minutes of their home match against Debrecen but turned the match around with two goals in the last thirteen minutes to stay 8 points behind Fradi. First, after 77 minutes, a Marko Šćepović effort was deflected past Oleksandr And in the Debrecen goal, and then with only six minutes remaining Máté Pátkai – scorer of Hungary’s winner against World Cup runners-up Croatia last weekend – was on hand to tuck home the rebound after Armin Hodžić’s shot had come back off the post.

Paks 0–2 Újpest (0–0)
Goalscorers: Bobál D. (60’, own goal), Traoré (68’ – penalty)
Paks: Nagy G. – Kulcsár (Kővári, 25’), Lenzsér, Bobál D., Báló – Zsidai (Kesztyűs, 79’), Windecker – Hahn, Papp, Remili (Simon A., 69’) – Könyves
Újpest: Pajovic – Pauljevic, Litauszki, Ristevski, Burekovic – Sankovic, Diallo – Nwobodo, Rácz, Nagy D. (Simon K., 71’) – Traoré (Zsótér, 88’)

Újpest cemented third place courtesy of a 2-0 victory at Paks. There was little in the way of goalmouth action in a cagey affair, albeit Újpest did enjoy the lion’s share of possession and attacking play. Újpest took the lead in the 60th minute, Dávid Bobál turning the ball into his own net, and eight minutes later it was two, Lacina Traoré scoring from the spot to give the Lilák a three-point lead ahead of fourth-place Debrecen.