Videoton beat Diosgyori VTK 2–1 in the Hungarian Second League on Monday evening, closing out their seventh regular season fixture with three points. The hosts had lost their last four out of five before this result, while the visitors carried a similar pattern of poor form into the match.
T. Galantai opened the scoring in the twenty-ninth minute, catching the defence off guard and putting the home side ahead. By then the crowd had sensed blood, and the visitors tried to respond but found themselves chasing the game. C. Szatmari picked up a yellow card just before the half-hour mark as the visitors searched for an equaliser.
And here's the thing about this match — it stayed tight until the fifty-fifth minute. D. Nemeth levelled for Videoton, firing home after a period of sustained pressure in the final third. G. Molnar and G. Holdampf both received cautions in quick succession, a sign that the intensity was building without the visitors managing to break through.
Nemeth completed his double in the eighty-second minute, and by then Diosgyori had nothing left to offer. He was substituted in the eighty-fourth, which surprised some observers, while Videoton brought on L. Kurdics and M. Mucsanyi earlier in the second half to change the tempo. T. Galantai came off late for the visitors, who had camped in the final third for long spells without finding the net.
The result moves Videoton off the bottom of the table and keeps them within touching distance of the play-off places. Diosgyori remain in fourteenth, still searching for consistency after five games. The hosts now have six points from seven matches, while the visitors sit on four — and the gap between them is closing.