Evenly matched teams: Hapoel Kaukab vs Maccabi Tzur Shalom match preview

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Competition: Israel Liga Alef - North
Competition: Tue 29.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Hapoel Kaukab and Maccabi Tzur Shalom have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the Liga Alef - North.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Kaukab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Tzur Shalom have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Kaukab nor Maccabi Tzur Shalom as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hapoel Kaukab form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Kaukab have to build on here in the Liga Alef - North.

A good away victory last time out for Kaukab, who won 4-2 against Tzeirei Kafr Kanna (placed 7th).

Before that, Hapoel Kaukab drew at home versus Maccabi Ironi Tamra.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hapoel Kaukab have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost two.

There will be little rest for Kaukab after this match as they are travelling to Ironi Baka El Garbiya for a Liga Alef - North game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Hapoel Kaukab in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Maccabi Tzur Shalom form and stats

Playing away, Maccabi Tzur Shalom have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Liga Alef - North this season.

Maccabi won their last game, 3-0 versus Hapoel Kfar Kana played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hapoel Migdal Haemek's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Maccabi Tzur Shalom in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Maccabi Tzur Shalom, one draw and three defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Iksal in just two days.

Maccabi have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Maccabi Tzur Shalom have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Maccabi Tzur Shalom - Kaukab 0-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Hapoel Kaukab victory, one draw and one Maccabi Tzur Shalom win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Hapoel Kaukab missing players

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Hapoel Kaukab Maccabi Tzur Shalom
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
11 5 1 Won W 2 6 11
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
12 6 2 Lost L 2 6 12
53 29 5 Scored S 4 16 32
44 23 5 Conceded C 6 18 32
83% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
73% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
67% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 37%
40% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
17% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 7%
60% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 37%
33% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 37%
23% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 40%
 
4.3 4.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.4 3.7
3.9 3.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.4
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.7 8.2 3.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.2 8.7
4.3 4.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.6
39% 50% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 29%
 
8.6 7.4 3.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.9 9.8
4.1 3.5 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.4 4
Key stats in Liga Alef - North this season:
  • Hapoel Kaukab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Tzur Shalom have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 30 20 8 2 55 18 16 10 5 1 27 10 14 10 3 1 28 8 37 68
2 MS Tira 30 17 3 10 60 44 16 8 1 7 34 29 14 9 2 3 26 15 16 54
3 Tzeirey Taibe 30 15 7 8 45 27 15 7 4 4 22 11 15 8 3 4 23 16 18 52
4 Hapoel Bu'eine 30 15 7 8 41 24 15 9 3 3 25 11 15 6 4 5 16 13 17 52
5 Hapoel Herzliya 30 13 8 9 52 38 15 8 1 6 34 20 15 5 7 3 18 18 14 47
6 Maccabi Ironi Tamra 30 13 8 9 37 32 15 7 4 4 19 15 15 6 4 5 18 17 5 47
7 Tzeirei Kafr Kanna 30 12 6 12 50 43 15 6 2 7 21 22 15 6 4 5 29 21 7 42
8 Ironi Baka El Garbiya 30 12 6 12 40 34 15 8 3 4 25 16 15 4 3 8 15 18 6 42
9 Hapoel Bnei Zalafa 30 12 6 12 41 36 15 8 2 5 22 12 15 4 4 7 19 24 5 42
10 Ironi Nesher 30 11 7 12 41 31 14 7 3 4 25 11 16 4 4 8 16 20 10 40
11 Hapoel Kaukab 30 11 7 12 53 44 15 5 4 6 29 23 15 6 3 6 24 21 9 40
12 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 30 11 7 12 32 32 15 5 4 6 16 14 15 6 3 6 16 18 0 40
13 Hapoel Kfar Kana 30 10 10 10 42 45 15 4 8 3 21 18 15 6 2 7 21 27 -3 40
14 Hapoel Bnei Pardes 30 10 7 13 37 55 14 4 3 7 15 26 16 6 4 6 22 29 -18 36
15 Hapoel Migdal Haemek 30 8 11 11 34 42 15 5 6 4 17 20 15 3 5 7 17 22 -8 35
16 Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara 30 7 5 18 30 50 15 3 3 9 11 22 15 4 2 9 19 28 -20 26
17 Hapoel Iksal 30 8 2 20 24 68 15 3 1 11 11 37 15 5 1 9 13 31 -44 26
18 Robi Shapira 30 6 3 21 29 80 15 3 2 10 16 36 15 3 1 11 13 44 -51 21