Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Győri ETO 2nd with 69 points, Szombathelyi Haladás 13th with 38, 31 apart. The last five rounds placed Szombathelyi Haladás no better than 18th for form, against 13th in the standings. Per game in the league, Szombathelyi Haladás were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.53, Győri ETO 1.91 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Szombathelyi Haladás came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 12 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Szombathelyi Haladás against 4/15 for Győri ETO.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Szombathelyi Haladás win, 1 for Győri ETO, 2 draws, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Haladás Stadion in Szombathely (capacity 9,500). Győri ETO led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.