OTP Bank Liga: Fradi on brink of league title retention

Ferencváros now need only two points from their final four fixtures to retain their OTP Bank Liga title and become Hungarian champions for the 31st time in their history after a late Dávid Sigér goal - a wayward cross which visiting goalkeeper Minca could only help into the net - saw off ninth-placed Kisvárda at the Groupama Aréna in Budapest on Saturday. Serhiy Rebrov's team have now won 41 of their 52 consecutively unbeaten league fixtures at home and hold an 11-point lead over MOL Fehérvár with just 12 points left to play for.

Fehérvár's hopes of a second league title in three years are therefore all but over after Újpest, now unbeaten in three games following the appointment of Serb head coach Pedrag Rogan, twice recovered from a goal down in Székesfehérvár to secure a draw and boost their chances of avoiding relegation. Debrecen, Zalaegerszeg and Paks will all likely look at their high-scoring draws in the same way, the former halting Puskás Akadémia's surge towards third place and European qualification thanks to Babatunde Adeniji's two goals - one in each half. Zala will no doubt also regret giving up a 3-1 lead, Gergely Bobál's hat-trick cancelled out by goals from Paks' Norbert Könyves, Dániel Böde and in added time from Balázs Balogh. Five points now separate Debrecen in 11th, the second and final relegation spot, and Újpest in 7th position.

In the two other matches of the weekend, Honvéd dented Mezőkövesd's hopes of holding on to third spot in the division by scoring twice in the first half of their meeting in Eastern Hungary, Filip Dragóner's 94th-minute goal turning out to be no more than a consolation strike for Attila Kuttor's team, who now lie only two points ahead of Puskás Akadémia. Behind the club from Felcsút in fifth spot are Diósgyőr, who surprisingly lost 3-0 away at already-relegated Kaposvár, although DVTK head coach Tamás Feczkó's decision to rest a raft of regulars may partly explain the unexpected outcome.

Results from the OTP Bank Liga 29th round:

Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 1-2 Budapest Honvéd (HT: 0-2)
Goalscorers: MEZ: Dragóner (94.), HON: Ugrai (10.), Gazdag (38.)
Mezőkövesd: Szappanos - Farkas (Pekár, 74.), Pillár, Karnitski, Vadnai - Besirovic, Meskhi (Vajda, 10.), Nagy D. (Takács T., 68.), Cseri - Zivzivadze (Dragóner, 84.), Jurina
Honvéd: Tujvel - Batik, Kamber, Lovric - Mezghrani, Szendrei, Hidi, Nagy G. (Kesztyűs, 57.), Uzoma - Gazdag (Irimiás, 70.), Ugrai (George, 70.)

Ferencvárosi TC 1-0 Kisvárda Master Good (0-0)
Goalscorers: FTC: Sigér (75.)
Ferencváros: Dibusz - Lovrencsics, Blazic, Botka, Civic (Heister, 78.) - Sigér (Csonka, 88.), Kharatin - Nguen, Isael (Boli, 59.), Skvarka (Zubkov, 58.) - Sihnevich (Vécsei, 77.)
Kisvárda: Minca - Hej, Beriosz, Kravchenko, Baranyai - Szőr (Czene, 77.), Simovic (Avetisyan, 46.) - Sassa (Khimich, 46.), Obradovic (Bíró, 91.), Jelena - Tischler (Riznychenko, 78.)

Debreceni VSC 2-2 Puskás Akadémia FC (1-1)
Goalscorers: DEB: Adeniji (6., 63.), PUS: Knezevic (33.), Van Nieff (57.)
Debreceni VSC: Kosicky - Bényei, Szatmári, Kinyik, Ferenczi (Barna, 79.) - Habovda (Kundrák, 61.), Tőzsér (Garba, 62.), Kusnyír, Bódi - Adeniji (Milunovic, 88.), Varga K. (Szécsi, 79.)
Puskás Akadémia FC: Tóth B. - Szolnoki, Meissner, Hadzhiev, Deutsch - Urblík, Van Nieff - Gyurcsó (Sós, 88.), Knezevic, Slagveer (Tamás N., 68., Nagy Zs., 77.) - Vanecek

ZTE FC 3-3 Paksi FC (1-1)
Goalscorers: ZTE: Bobál G. (33., 50., 62.), PAKS: Könyves (12.), Böde (79., pen), Balogh B. (92.)
ZTE: Demjén - Bolla, Szépe, Katanec (Bobál D., 77.), Tamás K. (Katelaris, 84.) - Bedi, Bőle, Barczi (Kocsis, 63.), Mitrovic, Radó - Bobál G.
Paks: Rácz G. - Osváth, Szélpál, Kelemen (Bartha, 84.), Szabó J. - Bertus (Kecskés, 77.), Balogh B., Hahn (Haraszti, 63.), Szakály D. (Sajbán, 63.), Könyves (Kulcsár, 77.) - Böde

Kaposvári Rákóczi FC 3-0 Diósgyőri VTK (1-0)
Goalscorers: KAP: Bévárdi (7.), Nagy R. (48., pen), Nagy J. (89.)
Kaposvár: Pogacsics - Nagy J., Ur, Szabó A., Hadaró - Szakály A., Trebotic (Hegedűs, 85.) - Nagy R. (Balázs, 70.), Palic (Nagy T., 70.), Bévárdi - Ádám (Csiki, 75.)
Diósgyőr: Antal - Vági, Polgár (Tabakovic, 68.), Szűcs, Memolla (Sesztakov, 46.) - Márkvárt, Adukor - Korbély (Hasani, 46.), Rui Pedro, Cortés (Kiss T., 46.) - Ivanovski (Molnár G., 46.)

MOL Fehérvár FC 2-2 Újpest FC (1-0)
Goalscorers: FEH: Ristevski (41., own goal), Nikolic (72.), ÚJP: Nwobodo (64.), Heris (81.)
Fehérvár: Kovácsik - Fiola (Kovács I. 86.), Rus, Stopira, Hangya - Pátkai, Elek (Nikolic 68.) - Nego, Houri, Petrjak (Bamgboye 68.) - Hodzic (Nikolov 76.)
Újpest: Banai - Pauljevic, Heris, Ristevski, Burekovic - Nwobodo, Szakály P. (Onovo 49.) - Simon K. (Bacsa 68.), Balázs B. (Csongvai 95.), Perosevic (Zsótér 68.) - Novothny.