Paksi FC vs Ferencvarosi TC Best odds and tips

This Saturday’s NB I 2024/2025 clash between Paksi FC and Ferencvarosi TC is a major match in the title race and a clash of styles between Budapest’s elite and Hungary’s most ambitious provincial club. Gyorgy Bognar has made a disciplined, resourceful and dangerous team out of Paksi since taking over as head coach in February 2023. His side are a tough nut to crack, typically setting up in a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 system to soak up pressure and hit on the counter-attack. Bognar’s men have won 10, drawn 3 and lost just 1 of their 14 NB I 2024/2025 home fixtures, creating a fortress-like reputation that will be a problem for any visiting side. Ferencvarosi TC have failed to win on their last 4 trips to Paksi FC’s ground, but Robbie Keane’s side have found a rhythm under his progressive and attacking blueprint since he took over in January 2025. The Irishman’s influence has helped to unlock some fluid football from Ferencvarosi TC, who are unbeaten in their last 5 league games, winning 4 and drawing 1.

Barnabas Varga is the team’s spearhead with 12 goals in 26 league appearances, but Daniel Bode has been Paksi’s main man this term with 14 goals in 28 NB I 2024/2025 appearances. He has scored three of his side’s last eight goals and could be a clinical finisher if Paksi can nick a goal. Paksi won 2-0 away at Ferencvarosi TC two months ago in NB I 2024/2025 and will be a threat to the table-toppers again this weekend. Ferencvaros are narrow favourites at 2.05, but Paksi are available at 2.97 and the draw at 5.83. Ferencvaros have won their last two away games, including an entertaining 3-2 victory over MTK Budapest, but Paksi have won their last home game and drawn the one before that. With the title race heating up and Paksi’s solid home record, an upset cannot be ruled out.

Ferencvarosi TC’s style is to play on the front foot, preferring to dominate possession in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system that allows them to press high up the pitch and attack with width. This will be a chess match between Ferencvarosi TC’s technical superiority and high press against Paksi FC’s pragmatism, solidity and resilience. Given both sides’ attacking potential and recent form, both teams to score is a logical alternative bet. But Ferencvarosi TC have the firepower and the league lead to edge this one and are our pick in the match result market.