OTP Bank Liga: Fradi and Kisvárda each hit five

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Hosts Ferencváros overcame an unadventurous Kaposvár but only after initial resistance, Frank Boli firing in from a tight angle after 38 minutes to edge the league leaders in front. Rákóczi partially abandoned their total emphasis on defence after the half-time break but were punished for it in the 58th minute when Isael doubled Fradi's lead. The visitors were unable to endanger Dénes Dibusz's goal and instead matters at the other end just worsened, Blazic heading in Fradi's third before a late Roland Varga double ensured Ferencváros extend their unbeaten home run to 49 games and that Kaposvár suffered an eighth consecutive league defeat.

Kisvárda also scored five in their fixture against Budapest Honvéd, a feat made all the more remarkable by the fact they did it away from home. In an error-strewn first half, both sides spurned great opportunities to open the scoring before Jefferson Oliveira and Lucas Marcolini struck in consecutive minutesjust before the break to ensure Kisvárda were much the happier team at the break.

Honvéd's Italian talisman Davide Lanzafame earned and dispatched a penalty kick to halve his team's deficit seven minutes into the second period, only for Tamás Rubus' header to restore the visitors' two-goal cushion and from then on it was simply a case of Kisvárda punishing an increasingly desperate Honvéd on the counter-attack, Stavros Cukalas and András Gosztonyi adding gloss to a scoreline which eventually read 5-1 in favour of the away team.

Elsewhere, Újpest's poor form continued but only because Norbert Könyves' added-time equaliser prevented Újpest captain Róbert Litauszki's 57th-minute header from securing all three points against Paks. Mezőkövesd and Puskás Akadémia played out a goalless draw, Zalaegerszeg dominated hosts Debrecen in winning 3-0 and late goals for ten-man Fehérvár and visitors Diósgyőr meant their contest in Székesfehérvár ended in a 1-1 draw.

OTP Bank Liga, 25th round:

Újpest FC 1–1 Paksi FC (0–0)
Zalaegerszeg, ref.: Pillók
Goalscorers: ÚJP: Litauszki (57), PAKS: Könyves (90+4)
Yellow cards: Onovo (90+7)

Újpest FC: Pajovic – Heris, Litauszki (Szakály P, 82), Ristevski – Nwobodo, Sedlacek, Onovo, Bacsa (Zsótér, 72) – Koszta (Csongvai, 90), Novothny, Rácz B.
Paksi FC: Rácz G. – Osváth, Poór, Szélpál (Lenzsér, 46), Szabó J. – Szakály D. (Bertus, 73), Windecker, Balogh B. – Kecskés (Hahn, 65) – Könyves, Böde

Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 0–0 Puskás Akadémia
Mezőkövesd, ref.: Erdős
Yellow cards: MEZ: Eperjesi (80), PUS: Vanecek (55)

Mezőkövesd: Szappanos – Farkas, Pillár, Karnyickij, Vadnai – Cseri (Vajda, 67), Meszhi, Berecz, Besirovic (Nagy, 67) – Zivzivadze, Jurina (Eperjesi, 78)
Puskás Akadémia: Hegedüs (Tóth, 40) – Radics, Szolnoki, Hadzsiev, Deutsch – Favorov, Urblik, Plsek – Slagveer, Vanecek, Gyurcsó (Sós, 72)

Debreceni VSC 0–3 Zalaegerszegi TE (0–2)
Debrecen, ref.: Iványi
Goalscorers: ZAL: Bobál G. (30), Stieber (38), Radó (87)
Yellow cards: DEB: Kundrák (83), ZAL: Katanec (12), Bőle (44), Bobál D. (57)

DVSC: Kosicky – Bényei (Kundrák, 46), Szatmári, Pávkovics, Ferenczi – Bódi, Kusnyír, Haris, Varga K. – Szécsi, Garba (Milunovic, 76)
ZTE: Demjén – Bolla, Szépe (Bobál D, 34), Katanec, Bedi – Katelaris, Mitrovic – Bőle (Babati, 90), Stieber, Radó – Bobál G. (Ikoba, 82)

Budapest Honvéd FC 1–5 Kisvárda Master Good FC (0–2)
Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, ref.: Vad II
Goalscorers: Lanzafame (52, pen), KIS: Oliveira (43), Marcolini (44), Rubus (62), Cukalasz (76), Gosztonyi (83)
Yellow cards: HON: Uzoma (58), Kamber (59), Lanzafame (90), KIS: Protic (51), Melnyik (57)

Honvéd: Tujvel – Batik, Kamber, Lovric – Mezgrani (Ikenne-King, 49), Nagy G., Uzoma (Moutari, 66), Gazdag, Aliji – Lanzafame, Mayron (Ugrai, 73)
Kisvárda: Dombó – Melnyik, Cukalasz (Simovic, 80), Rubus, Protic – Ene, Karaszjuk - Fernando Viana (Tischler, 84), Marcolini, Bumba – Oliveira (Gosztonyi, 74)

Ferencvárosi TC 5–0 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC (1–0)
Groupama Aréna, ref.: Solymosi
Goalscorers: Boli (38), Isael (58), Blazic (73), Varga R. (85, 92)
Yellow cards: Otigba (48), KAP: Nagy K. (90)

Ferencváros: Dibusz – Lovrencsics, Blazic, Otigba, Heister – Haratin, Sigér – Zubkov (Varga R., 81), Isael (Vécsei, 84), Nguen – Boli (Sihnevich, 81)
Kaposvár: Slakta – Vachtler, Ur, Szabó A., Fodor – Pintér, Hegedűs (Nagy R., 65), Szakály A. (Nagy J., 46), Borbély, Nagy K. – Ádám (Balázs Zs., 70)

MOL Fehérvár FC 1–1 Diósgyőri VTK (0–0)
Mol Aréna Sóstó, ref.: Berke
Goalscorers: Nego (88), DIÓ: Tabakovic (90)
Red card: Bamgboye (68)
Yellow cards: Bamgboye (52, 68), illetve Iszlai (9), Brkovic (22)

Fehérvár: Kovácsik – Nego, Musliu, Stopira, Hangya – Pátkai, Houri – Bamgboye, Hodzic (Futács 83), Petrjak (Milanov 89) – Nikolic (Elek 90)
DVTK: Danilovic – Sestakov, Brkovic, Polgár K., Vági – Márkvárt, Iszlai – Hasani, Rui Pedro (Molnár G. 64), Kiss T. – Ivanovski (Tabakovic 75).