Liga Alef - Süd duel: Close contest expected between Bnei Eilat and Maccabi Yavne

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Competition: Israel Liga Alef - Süd
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)

Both these contenders are capable in this league, Maccabi Yavne holding a 15 point advantage on Bnei Eilat in the tables. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Bnei Eilat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

These are hectic days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga Alef - Süd. That game was an away game at Ironi Kuseife, so at least Bnei Eilat are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Bnei Eilat form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Alef - Süd, Bnei Eilat have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 7 defeats from 13 games.

Eilat are confident in defense, having played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Bnei Eilat against Ironi Kuseife the last match.

Ahead of that match, Eilat won a home game hosting Agudat Sport Nordia (1-0).

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bnei Eilat as they are travelling to their away game against Maccabi Herzliya in the Liga Alef - Süd. That match is three days after this one.

The Eilat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Bnei Eilat's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Yavne form and stats

4 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Maccabi Yavne playing as the away team in the Liga Alef - Süd this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Maccabi Ashdod with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, the Maccabi Yavne manager Yosi faced defeat when travelling to Holon Yermiyahu and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Maccabi Yavne playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Maccabi wins, five draws and three defeats.

After this away game Maccabi Yavne return home for a Liga Alef - Süd game against Maccabi Shaarayim. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Maccabi Yavne have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Maccabi Yavne as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Maccabi Yavne - Eilat 1-0 was the product when this pair of contenders previously played each other, earlier this season.

Bnei Eilat missing players

Maccabi Yavne missing players

Bnei Eilat Maccabi Yavne
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 11
5 1 0 Drew D 3 8 11
13 7 3 Lost L 0 1 4
32 14 2 Scored S 3 15 32
40 18 7 Conceded C 2 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 85%
77% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 65%
38% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 38%
27% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
23% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 77% 58%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 35%
31% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 23%
 
2.9 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.9
4.4 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.8 4.4
2.7 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.2 10.2
3.8 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 4.3
42% 47% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 30%
 
11.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.5 8
5.2 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 2.7
Key stats in Liga Alef - Süd this season:
  • Bnei Eilat haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Holon Yermiyahu 26 16 7 3 45 27 14 9 4 1 30 19 12 7 3 2 15 8 18 55
2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 26 16 6 4 45 17 12 7 2 3 19 12 14 9 4 1 26 5 28 54
3 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 25 16 6 3 43 19 12 7 3 2 17 11 13 9 3 1 26 8 24 54
4 Shimshon Kafr Qasim 26 15 8 3 47 22 14 8 5 1 30 12 12 7 3 2 17 10 25 53
5 Hapoel Marmorek 26 12 8 6 36 24 13 4 4 5 12 14 13 8 4 1 24 10 12 44
6 Maccabi Yavne 26 11 11 4 32 23 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 4 8 1 15 12 9 44
7 Maccabi Shaarayim 26 9 9 8 34 27 13 5 6 2 19 9 13 4 3 6 15 18 7 36
8 Maccabi Ashdod 26 9 9 8 28 27 13 4 6 3 16 15 13 5 3 5 12 12 1 36
9 MS Dimona 26 9 6 11 35 29 13 5 4 4 17 13 13 4 2 7 18 16 6 33
10 Shimshon Tel Aviv 26 9 3 14 37 43 12 4 3 5 18 17 14 5 0 9 19 26 -6 30
11 Maccabi Herzliya 26 8 6 12 27 33 13 6 2 5 19 16 13 2 4 7 8 17 -6 30
12 Bnei Eilat 26 8 5 13 32 40 13 5 1 7 14 18 13 3 4 6 18 22 -8 29
13 Hapoel Bikat Hayarden 26 6 10 10 25 33 13 4 3 6 13 20 13 2 7 4 12 13 -8 28
14 Hapoel Bnei Lod 25 6 9 10 26 48 14 4 6 4 17 21 11 2 3 6 9 27 -22 27
15 Ironi Kuseife 26 10 4 12 32 36 13 6 2 5 15 11 13 4 2 7 17 25 -4 25
16 Hapoel Azor 26 6 4 16 37 45 13 3 1 9 17 24 13 3 3 7 20 21 -8 22
17 Agudat Sport Nordia 26 5 3 18 24 48 13 5 1 7 16 22 13 0 2 11 8 26 -24 18
18 Hapoel Ashkelon 26 3 4 19 14 58 12 2 3 7 7 21 14 1 1 12 7 37 -44 13