This match features two teams living in the basement of the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Nazareth Illit holding 11th place and Hapoel Bnei Lod lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit have had a bad season and will be relegated from Liga Leumit. Bnei are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
5 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Nazareth Illit have to build on here at Ilut Stadium in the Liga Leumit.
Happy days for Nazareth in their previous game, a Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Katamon that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Hapoel Nazareth Illit drew at home versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nazareth handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and one defeat.
The Nazareth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Nazareth have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Hapoel Bnei Lod form and stats
Hapoel Bnei Lod, who have the most conceded goals (59) in Liga Leumit, have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Liga Leumit, after 3-3-9 (15 played).
Bnei delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hapoel Petah Tikva in their previous match; a Liga Leumit game. Prior to that match, the Bnei manager P. Sayag faced defeat when travelling to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla and losing 0-3.
Hapoel Bnei Lod are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Acre in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Bnei Lod as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. The Hapoel Bnei Lod manager P. Sayag has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nazareth - Hapoel Bnei Lod 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nazareth victories, five draws and one Hapoel Bnei Lod win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Dayan 5 goals | Y. Avidor 5 goals | Y. Cohen 5 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Hapoel Bnei Lod missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Hapoel Bnei Lod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 36 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 31 | 59 |
| 87% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 83% |
| 43% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 57% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 33% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 47% |
| 27% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 13% | 17% |
| 37% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 37% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 241 | 130 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 105 | 238 |
| 108 | 59 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 49 | 103 |
| 33% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 22% | 25% |
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the fewest clean sheets (5)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals (31) away
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals (59)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the the worst goal difference (-20) away
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the the worst goal difference (-33)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hapoel Bnei Lod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Bnei Lod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Bnei Lod is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 34 | 64 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 54 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 49 |
| 4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | -1 | 46 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
| 7 | Kafr Qasim | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 44 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 28 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 34 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 31 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | -33 | 26 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 23 |