Balanced ball game between Hapoel Afula and Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla expected

Hapoel Afula form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Afula have to build on here at Afula Illit Stadium in the Liga Leumit. After failing to beat Hapoel Katamon here at Afula Illit Stadium, Afula has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Afula shared the glory with Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hapoel Ra'anana in a game that was won 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Afula perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Afula as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Hapoel Afula has won seven of these, drawn two and lost two.

Afula has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Afula have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager A. Nussbaum was unhappy after their last game, a Liga Leumit match played at their home ground Ramla Municipal Stadium. Beitar suffered a 0-2 loss to Hapoel Acre (placed 9th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beitar playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were three Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla wins, six draws and six defeats.

Beitar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla - Afula 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Afula victories, three draws and five Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Mizrachi 10 goals

D. Biton 4 goals

N. Goldman 3 goals

Hapoel Afula missing players

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla missing players

		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 Nazareth Illit	19	10	7	2	27	11	10	5	5	0	12	4	9	5	2	2	15	7	16	37
2	Hapoel Katamon	18	9	7	2	24	9	8	5	2	1	11	5	10	4	5	1	13	4	15	34
3	Hapoel Iksal	19	9	7	3	28	24	10	5	4	1	17	12	9	4	3	2	11	12	4	34
4	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	19	8	6	5	16	12	9	5	3	1	9	4	10	3	3	4	7	8	4	30
5	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	19	8	5	6	26	19	10	6	2	2	15	8	9	2	3	4	11	11	7	29
6	Hapoel Ramat Gan	19	7	8	4	21	15	9	5	3	1	12	4	10	2	5	3	9	11	6	29
7	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	19	7	8	4	19	14	9	4	3	2	11	7	10	3	5	2	8	7	5	29
8	Sektzia Nes Tziona	18	7	7	4	17	18	9	4	4	1	11	7	9	3	3	3	6	11	-1	28
9	Hapoel Acre	19	5	11	3	17	17	9	2	6	1	7	9	10	3	5	2	10	8	0	26
10	Hapoel Afula	19	6	4	9	19	20	9	5	1	3	13	8	10	1	3	6	6	12	-1	22
11	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	19	5	7	7	14	19	10	3	3	4	9	11	9	2	4	3	5	8	-5	22
12	Hapoel Ra'anana	19	4	9	6	19	19	10	1	6	3	6	8	9	3	3	3	13	11	0	21
13	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	19	4	7	8	15	19	9	3	2	4	8	8	10	1	5	4	7	11	-4	19
14	Kafr Qasim	19	2	9	8	10	22	10	1	6	3	7	11	9	1	3	5	3	11	-12	15
15	Hapoel Petah Tikva	19	3	4	12	11	24	10	0	3	7	3	13	9	3	1	5	8	11	-13	13
16	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	19	2	4	13	16	37	10	2	2	6	11	18	9	0	2	7	5	19	-21	10