Game week two of the Liga Leumit season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Hapoel Iksal preview:
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga Leumit. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sektzia Nes Tziona.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sektzia Nes Tziona (placed 11th). Before that, Nazareth played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Hapoel Acre.
Last season, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's league statistics were 7 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Liga Leumit. Over these 30 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Maccabi Ahi Nazareth managed 6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 15 conceded.
Hapoel Iksal form and stats
Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row. Iksal are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Hapoel Afula fixture.
Hapoel Iksal played 3-3 against Hapoel Katamon in their previous match. A draw for Iksal before that, at their own venue hosting Bnei HaGolan VeHaGalil (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) (2-2).
The match against Hapoel Katamon looked like a defeat for Hapoel Iksal, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Julio Cesar equalized in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Hapoel Iksal, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Iksal performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 14/27 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Maccabi Ahi Nazareth wins - draws - Hapoel Iksal wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Avitan 1 goals | A. Lavi 1 goals | J. da Silva 1 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Hapoel Iksal missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Hapoel Iksal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Last season | Hapoel Iksal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Conceded | C | 36 | 61 | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 70% | ||
| 41% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 46% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 35% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 49% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 22% | ||
| 27% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 41% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 303 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 316 | ||
| 126 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 129 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Iksal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hapoel Katamon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hapoel Afula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Kafr Qasim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 49 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 47 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 45 |
| 4 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 27 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 47 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 46 |
| 3 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 46 |
| 4 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 46 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 45 |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 45 |
| 7 | Hapoel Marmorek | 37 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -23 | 37 |
| 8 | Hapoel Iksal | 37 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -26 | 31 |