Liga Alef - North duel: Close contest expected between Hapoel Migdal Haemek and Hapoel Bu'eine

Hapoel Migdal Haemek and Hapoel Bu'eine 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.

Hapoel Migdal Haemek form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga Alef - North game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from Hapoel Migdal Haemek's 17 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Migdal to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Hapoel Migdal Haemek will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-6 away loss in the match against Ihud Bnei Shfaram (placed 4th). Migdal were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Heartbreak before that as Hapoel Migdal Haemek lost 1-3 at Tzeirey Taibe's place.

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 Migdal Haemek have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hapoel Migdal Haemek at home in the league. 2 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Hapoel Bu'eine form and stats

Four points from two away games for Hapoel Bu'eine, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga Alef - North so far.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Hapoel Bu'eine suffered a 1-3 loss to Tzeirey Taibe (placed 7th). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points.

Before that, Bu'eine travelled to Hapoel Ra'anana and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Hapoel Bu'eine in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Hapoel Bu'eine, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hapoel Bu'eine has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Hapoel Migdal Haemek victories, one draw and one Hapoel Bu'eine win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Hapoel Migdal Haemek missing players

Hapoel Bu'eine missing players