SBS Egér-Esterházi secured a 31:29 victory over Cegléd in the Hungarian Cup on Tuesday evening, 29 September 2026. The match concluded with the visitors claiming all three points in a tight contest. By then the result was already shaping up to be decisive, though neither side had dominated at any stage. And here's the thing — it was the away side that found the net more consistently when it mattered.
The win extends SBS Egér-Esterházi's competitive run, even as recent form has been inconsistent. They had lost 30:31 to Ferencváros just four days earlier, and before that fell 28:33 to Dabas. To be fair, they have not won since their last three outings, yet this result breaks that streak. The scoreline itself tells you everything about the margin — two goals separated them, and that is narrow enough to suggest either side could have flipped the outcome.
Cegléd's recent record reads like a team searching for rhythm. Their most recent outing was a 37:31 victory over Mészöky KSE on 13 August 2026, but before that the results were mixed. They lost 27:37 to Dabas in November 2023, then suffered defeats to Telekom Veszprém, Ferencváros and Dabas in May of the same year. By then you could see a pattern emerging — they were losing more often than winning, and the gap between high-scoring wins and heavy defeats was widening.
The visitors arrived in Cegléd carrying the weight of their own struggles. Their five-match run before Tuesday included losses to Ferencváros, Dabas, NEKA, Csurgói and Szeged. They had not won since that 30:31 defeat to Ferencváros, and the scoring margins were telling — 22:28, 17:27, 24:50. Threw everything at it in this one, and it paid off in the end. One mistake ends it in handball, and Cegléd made enough of them.
The result leaves Cegléd searching for answers after a defeat that came at home. SBS Egér-Esterházi, meanwhile, have the deeper squad and the momentum now. A fourth straight win would be ambitious, but this was a step in the right direction. The relationship between these two clubs adds an edge to every meeting, and tonight the visitors took it.
