Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

Ferencváros 2-1 Viktoria Plzeň: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Ferencváros

2-1Full time

Viktoria Plzeň

Thursday 15 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Groupama Aréna, Budapest

Our picks against the result

10 of 12 right

Result Ferencváros win57% 2-1
Double chance Ferencváros or draw (1X)80% 2-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.556% 3 goals
More corners Ferencváros60% Ferencváros (7-3)
Yellow cards Above average 4 yellow cards · league 3.1
Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Over64% 4.5 Under55% 5.5 Under72%
Corners Around average 10 corners · league 10.6
Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over61% 9.5 Under50% 10.5 Under61%

Match stats

Ferencváros Viktoria Plzeň

2 Goals 1
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Ferencváros vs Viktoria Plzeň comes to the Groupama Aréna on Thursday 15 October 2026 in the Europa League league phase, matchday 2, and we back a home win, with Ferencváros win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Ferencváros the pick chiefly because it rates them the stronger side: they sit slightly above the Europa League average on our strength rating, while Viktoria Plzeň are clearly below it. The counter-argument is Ferencváros' recent attacking play, with big chances created and touches in the opposition box both below the league average over their last five matches and shots only around it. Playing at the Groupama Aréna and a defence that concedes few clear chances cover that gap, and a Plzeň side near the foot of the table after a heavy home defeat is not well placed to punish it. The call is a moderate one.

Form guide

Ferencváros

D 1-1 vs Debrecen (H) Nemzeti Bajnokság I · 10 Oct
D 1-1 at Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC (A) Nemzeti Bajnokság I · 20 Sep
W 3-1 at Celtic (A) Europa League · 17 Sep
D 2-2 vs Újpest (H) Nemzeti Bajnokság I · 6 Sep
W 3-0 at Györi ETO (A) Nemzeti Bajnokság I · 3 Sep

Viktoria Plzeň

W 3-0 vs Mladá Boleslav (H) 1. Liga · 10 Oct
L 1-2 at Slavia Prague (A) 1. Liga · 20 Sep
L 0-3 vs Union St.Gilloise (H) Europa League · 17 Sep
L 2-3 vs Sigma Olomouc (H) 1. Liga · 13 Sep
D 0-0 at Hradec Králové (A) 1. Liga · 9 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

FerencvárosViktoria Plzeň

Attack 34 31 3.0 goals per match this season0.0 goals per match this season

Defence 57 26 1.0 conceded per match this season3.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.