Open game expected: Ironi Nesher vs Hapoel Bnei Zalafa preview

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Competition: Israel Liga Alef - North
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

After the first set of fixtures it's Ironi Nesher - Hapoel Bnei Zalafa 0-1 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Liga Alef - North game of the season?

The visiting Hapoel Bnei Zalafa played their last game only four days ago, a State Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Hapoel Kaukab. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Ironi Nesher form and stats

In the previous season, Ironi Nesher's league results were 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, producing 12th position in the Lig Bet. In these 34 matches they scored 48 goals and gave away 37. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Ironi Nesher generated 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 16 conceded.

In their previous game, led his Ironi Nesher to a defeat away at Hapoel Kfar Kana. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Preceding that fixture, a home loss in the State Cup against Tzeirei Kafr Kanna (after extra-time).

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Hapoel Bnei Zalafa form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hapoel Bnei Zalafa performed last season in the Liga Alef - North: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 25/26 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga Alef - North away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Hapoel Kaukab in their previous outing. The State Cup battle ended 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Tzeirei Kafr Kanna.

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 Zalafa wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

It's early days yet, but Hapoel Bnei Zalafa has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous two meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Ironi Nesher, zero draws and two wins for Hapoel Bnei Zalafa. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Ironi Nesher missing players

Hapoel Bnei Zalafa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ironi Nesher Hapoel Bnei Zalafa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 14%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 5
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 1
Ironi Nesher Last season Hapoel Bnei Zalafa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 8   Won W   6 16
10 5   Drew D   4 6
12 4   Lost L   7 12
48 31   Scored S   25 52
37 16   Conceded C   26 39
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
71% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 76%
50% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 59%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
35% 41%   BTTS BTTS   76% 59%
41% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 26%
35% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 24%
 
3.3 3.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.5
3.7 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.3
2.3 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
7 7.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 8.5
3.2 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
43% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%
 
8.2 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 7
3.3 3.2   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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Ihud Bnei Shfaram 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Hapoel Kfar Kana 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Hapoel Ra'anana 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Hapoel Migdal Haemek 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Hapoel Bu'eine 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Ironi Baka El Garbiya 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hapoel Bnei Zalafa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Tzeirei Kafr Kanna 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Maccabi Ironi Tamra 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 MS Tira 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Ironi Nesher 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
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 Tzeirey Taibe 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maccabi K. Ata Bialik 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
16 Hapoel Qalansawe 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 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

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Ihud Bnei Shfaram 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Hapoel Kfar Kana 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Hapoel Ra'anana 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Hapoel Migdal Haemek 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Hapoel Bu'eine 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Ironi Baka El Garbiya 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hapoel Bnei Zalafa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Tzeirei Kafr Kanna 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Maccabi Ironi Tamra 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 MS Tira 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Ironi Nesher 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
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 Tzeirey Taibe 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maccabi K. Ata Bialik 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
16 Hapoel Qalansawe 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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