Shabab Al-Dhahiriya have travelled here for an exciting game versus the hosts Markez Balata. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough West Bank League preview!
Markez Balata and Shabab Al-Dhahiriya should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Markez Balata form and stats
The hosts won their first West Bank League game here at Arab American University Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Markez Balata last season were 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 11 games.
No payout for Markez Balata in their previous match, an away game at Hilal Al-Quds that ended in defeat 1-2.
Before that, Markez had a home game versus Shabab Al Am'ari which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Markez Balata have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
At Arab American University Stadium, Markez Balata has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Shabab Al-Dhahiriya form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the West Bank League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from 11 matches.
The Al-Dhahiriya goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 183 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The club members enjoyed Shabab Al-Dhahiriya's previous fixture versus Jabal Al Mukaber (placed 6th), a 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shabab Alsamu at their stadium, the result 2-0.Shabab Al-Dhahiriya are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shabab Al-Dhahiriya has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former six meetings): Markez won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Shabab Al-Dhahiriya have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Markez Balata missing players
Shabab Al-Dhahiriya missing players
| Markez Balata | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markez Balata | Last season | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 28 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 10.9 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Markez Balata | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Al-Bireh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Hilal Al-Quds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Islami Kalkelea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Shabab Alsamu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 29 | 51 |
| 3 | Hilal Al-Quds | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Shabab Alsamu | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Markez Balata | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Islami Kalkelea | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 8 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 23 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Al-Bireh | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 16 |
| 11 | Tubas | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 16 |
| 12 | Markaz Tulkarm | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -32 | 16 |
