On Friday evening at 20:00 we play Mezőkövesd in the 19th round of the OTP Bank Liga NB I. Our opponent - like us - has 20 points after 18 rounds and are only behind us in the table because of a worse goal difference. Interestingly, only two teams have beaten the newcomer Kecskemét in the 18 rounds so far - Mezőkövesd and us. 

Friday will be the 22nd meeting between the two teams in the top flight. We have won 12 of the 21 league games we have played so far, with 6 draws and only 3 Mezőkövesd wins - all three in Mezőkövesd. The goal difference is 31-15 in our favour. We are preparing for the 12th meeting at Mezőkövesd, They have won three of the 11 league games so far, and we have managed to take all three league points from Matyóföld on four occasions with four draws.

Mezőkövesd played six pre-season games during the winter break, winning two, losing two and drawing two. Attila Kuttor's team had a training camp in Turkey from 4-14 January.

Friendly games
January 5.: Mezőkövesd–1. FC Kaiserslautern (German) 2–1 (Drazsics, Nagy G.)
January 7.: Mezőkövesd–FC Voluntari (Romanian) 1–2 (Prudnyikov)
January 8.: Mezőkövesd–Pendikspor (Turkish, II. o.) 1–2 (Drazsics)
January 11.: Mezőkövesd–Legia Warszawa (Polish) 0–0
January 22. : Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC–Nyíregyháza Spartacus (NB II) 6–2 (Besirovic, Drazsics 3, Cseri, Deutsch – owngoal)
Január 22.: Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC–Kolorcity Kazincbarcika SC (NB II) 1–1 (Nagy G.)

WINTER TRANSFER MOVEMENT
Incoming players: Ilya Beriasvili (Georgian, FC Telavi - Georgia), Dominik Csontos (Ferencváros, last time on loan Soroksár), Thomas Ephestion (Martinique, RWD Molenbeek - Belgium), Steliano Filip (Romanian, on free transfer, last time Dinamo Bucuresti - Romania), Attila Márkus (Hungarian-Norwegian, Nyíregyháza Spartacus), Dominik Nagy (Bp. Honvéd, as a free agent) Nikolai Prudnyikov (Russian, as a free agent, last time FK Orenburg - Russia), Younn Zahary (Comoros-French, as a free agent, last time Stade Olympique Choletais - France)
On loan: Nimród Baranyai (DVSC), Roland Lehoczky (MTK Budapest)
Departures: Dominik Csontos (ETO FC Győr), Márk Madarász (Gyirmót FC Győr), Richárd Rabatin (FC Ajka), Remzifaik Szelmani (North Macedonia, Partizani - Albania), Dániel Vadnai (MTK Budapest)
Bobál Dávid (MTK Budapest).
Source: nso.hu

Friday's opponents started the 2022/2023 season under Attila Supka, but lost 5-0 at home to ZTE in round 7, after which they thanked Attila Supka for his work. In Round 8, acting head coach Gábor Híres managed Mezőkövesd against us, and Kodro's double gave Vidi a 2-1 win at the MOL Arena Sósto.

Since the 9th round Attila Kuttor has been in charge of Mezőkövesd, which has won five times at home this season, beating four of the top five teams in the table and stealing points from one (Mezőkövesd - DVSC 4-2, Mezőkövesd - FTC 2-1, Mezőkövesd - Újpest FC 1-0, Mezőkövesd - Kecskeméti TE 2-1, Mezőkövesd - PAFC 1-0), drew twice (Mezőkövesd - Vasas 1-1, Mezőkövesd - Kisvárda 1-1) and also lost twice (Mezőkövesd - ZTE 0-5, Mezőkövesd - Paks 1-2).

Mezőkövesd's top scorer was Stefan Drazic with seven goals.