Hapoel Kaukab host Hapoel Bnei Zalafa for another engrossing Liga Alef - North game here at Kiryat Eli'ezer Stadium.
- Hapoel Bnei Zalafa have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Liga Alef - North
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hapoel Kaukab form and stats
Only two Liga Alef - North home games for Hapoel Kaukab so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
A strong away win for Hapoel Kaukab against Hapoel Qalansawe the last match.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Hapoel Kfar Kana with a 2-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Kaukab perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Kaukab as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Hapoel Kaukab has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
At Kiryat Eli'ezer Stadium, Hapoel Kaukab has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa form and stats
Things could have gone better for Hapoel Bnei Zalafa in their Liga Alef - North away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ironi Baka El Garbiya proved too strong as Hapoel Bnei Zalafa slumped to a 0-6 defeat in front of their own fans. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ironi Baka El Garbiya was particularly ugly (0-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Ahead of that, the State Cup victory away at Tzeirei Iksal. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Bnei Zalafa playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Hapoel Bnei Zalafa wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
It's early days yet, but Hapoel Bnei Zalafa has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - two - one (Kaukab wins - draws - Hapoel Bnei Zalafa wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Hapoel Kaukab missing players
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa missing players
| Hapoel Kaukab | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 40% | 40% |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
- Hapoel Bnei Zalafa have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Liga Alef - North
| Hapoel Kaukab | Last season | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 62 | 34 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 82% | 76% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 59% | ||
| 44% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 59% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 76% | 59% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 8.6 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Kaukab | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Ironi Baka El Garbiya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Tzeirei Kafr Kanna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Ihud Bnei Shfaram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Hapoel Bu'eine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Tzeirey Taibe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Maccabi K. Ata Bialik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Kana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Hapoel Migdal Haemek | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | MS Tira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 13 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ironi Nesher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Maccabi Ironi Tamra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Hapoel Qalansawe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | Ironi Tiberias | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 36 | 72 |
| 2 | MS Tira | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | Tzeirey Taibe | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 57 |
| 4 | Hapoel Herzliya | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Hapoel Bu'eine | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 54 |
| 7 | Maccabi Ironi Tamra | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | Ironi Baka El Garbiya | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 52 |
| 9 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 50 |
| 10 | Tzeirei Kafr Kanna | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 69 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 48 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Kana | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 48 |
| 12 | Ironi Nesher | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 46 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kaukab | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 45 |
| 14 | Hapoel Migdal Haemek | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 42 |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Pardes | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 33 | -26 | 36 |
| 16 | Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 38 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 34 | -28 | 26 |
| 17 | Hapoel Iksal | 34 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 94 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 41 | -68 | 26 |
| 18 | Robi Shapira | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 51 | -56 | 24 |