Maccabi Herzliya vs Hapoel Bikat Hayarden: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Israel Liga Alef - Süd
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)

Maccabi Herzliya are believing in their home fans to support them when playing this game with Hapoel Bikat Hayarden. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Maccabi Herzliya have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Alef - Süd

Herzliya are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Hapoel Bikat Hayarden are struggling to avoid relegation.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Maccabi Herzliya form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Herzliya have to build on here in the Liga Alef - Süd.

Maccabi Herzliya haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 246 minutes ago. Shechter scored that one. Herzliya are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Maccabi Herzliya, who played 0-0 against Maccabi Yavne. That match was also played at this venue

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ironi Kuseife the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maccabi Herzliya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost three.

Herzliya has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maccabi Herzliya have conceded 19 in these home matches. 12 of these goals were let in after the match timer had passed one hour (more than 60 %).

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Hapoel Bikat Hayarden form and stats

Hapoel Bikat Hayarden have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Liga Alef - Süd, after 2-8-6 (16 played).

Impressive finishing secured the home win 5-0 against Hapoel Bnei Lod in their previous game.

A 0-1 defeat away at Maccabi Yavne before that.

Hapoel Bikat Hayarden are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The attacking power of Hayarden when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head game ended Hapoel Bikat Hayarden - Maccabi Herzliya 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Maccabi Herzliya wins - draws - Hapoel Bikat Hayarden wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Maccabi Herzliya missing players

Hapoel Bikat Hayarden missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Herzliya Hapoel Bikat Hayarden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
9 6 4 Won W 2 2 8
8 3 0 Drew D 1 8 12
15 7 1 Lost L 2 6 12
31 20 8 Scored S 8 12 32
37 19 4 Conceded C 6 16 37
78% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 81%
62% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 72%
38% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 25% 41%
19% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 12%
9% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 9%
38% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 47%
41% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
44% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 41%
 
2.7 2.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 3.6
4 3.7 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.7 6.7
2.4 1.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2
6 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.2 7.5 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.3 10.1
2.9 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 4.2
33% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 17% 22%
 
9.2 7.9 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 12.6 12.5
3.7 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 5
Key stats in Liga Alef - Süd this season:
  • Maccabi Herzliya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Herzliya have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Alef - Süd

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 32 21 6 5 62 24 16 10 3 3 26 14 16 11 3 2 36 10 38 69
2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 32 20 7 5 63 24 16 11 2 3 35 16 16 9 5 2 28 8 39 67
3 Shimshon Kafr Qasim 32 19 10 3 59 23 16 10 5 1 38 12 16 9 5 2 21 11 36 67
4 Holon Yermiyahu 32 18 7 7 51 39 16 9 4 3 30 24 16 9 3 4 21 15 12 61
5 Hapoel Marmorek 32 16 8 8 50 28 16 7 4 5 21 14 16 9 4 3 29 14 22 56
6 Maccabi Yavne 32 13 14 5 35 24 16 8 5 3 18 11 16 5 9 2 17 13 11 53
7 Maccabi Ashdod 32 13 9 10 35 35 16 6 6 4 19 18 16 7 3 6 16 17 0 48
8 Maccabi Shaarayim 32 10 10 12 35 38 16 6 6 4 20 13 16 4 4 8 15 25 -3 40
9 MS Dimona 32 10 8 14 41 39 16 6 5 5 22 18 16 4 3 9 19 21 2 38
10 Shimshon Tel Aviv 32 11 5 16 55 55 16 6 3 7 32 25 16 5 2 9 23 30 0 38
11 Hapoel Bikat Hayarden 32 8 12 12 32 37 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 2 8 6 12 16 -5 36
12 Ironi Kuseife 32 12 8 12 34 36 16 7 4 5 16 11 16 5 4 7 18 25 -2 35
13 Maccabi Herzliya 32 9 8 15 31 37 16 6 3 7 20 19 16 3 5 8 11 18 -6 35
14 Bnei Eilat 32 10 5 17 36 49 16 6 1 9 16 22 16 4 4 8 20 27 -13 35
15 Hapoel Azor 32 9 5 18 46 51 16 4 2 10 20 26 16 5 3 8 26 25 -5 32
16 Hapoel Bnei Lod 33 7 11 15 33 71 16 4 8 4 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 47 -38 32
17 Agudat Sport Nordia 32 9 3 20 33 52 16 7 1 8 21 24 16 2 2 12 12 28 -19 30
18 Hapoel Ashkelon 33 3 6 24 18 87 17 2 5 10 9 34 16 1 1 14 9 53 -69 15

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 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 32 21 6 5 62 24 16 10 3 3 26 14 16 11 3 2 36 10 38 69
2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 32 20 7 5 63 24 16 11 2 3 35 16 16 9 5 2 28 8 39 67
3 Shimshon Kafr Qasim 32 19 10 3 59 23 16 10 5 1 38 12 16 9 5 2 21 11 36 67
4 Holon Yermiyahu 32 18 7 7 51 39 16 9 4 3 30 24 16 9 3 4 21 15 12 61
5 Hapoel Marmorek 32 16 8 8 50 28 16 7 4 5 21 14 16 9 4 3 29 14 22 56
6 Maccabi Yavne 32 13 14 5 35 24 16 8 5 3 18 11 16 5 9 2 17 13 11 53
7 Maccabi Ashdod 32 13 9 10 35 35 16 6 6 4 19 18 16 7 3 6 16 17 0 48
8 Maccabi Shaarayim 32 10 10 12 35 38 16 6 6 4 20 13 16 4 4 8 15 25 -3 40
9 MS Dimona 32 10 8 14 41 39 16 6 5 5 22 18 16 4 3 9 19 21 2 38
10 Shimshon Tel Aviv 32 11 5 16 55 55 16 6 3 7 32 25 16 5 2 9 23 30 0 38
11 Hapoel Bikat Hayarden 32 8 12 12 32 37 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 2 8 6 12 16 -5 36
12 Ironi Kuseife 32 12 8 12 34 36 16 7 4 5 16 11 16 5 4 7 18 25 -2 35
13 Maccabi Herzliya 32 9 8 15 31 37 16 6 3 7 20 19 16 3 5 8 11 18 -6 35
14 Bnei Eilat 32 10 5 17 36 49 16 6 1 9 16 22 16 4 4 8 20 27 -13 35
15 Hapoel Azor 32 9 5 18 46 51 16 4 2 10 20 26 16 5 3 8 26 25 -5 32
16 Hapoel Bnei Lod 33 7 11 15 33 71 16 4 8 4 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 47 -38 32
17 Agudat Sport Nordia 32 9 3 20 33 52 16 7 1 8 21 24 16 2 2 12 12 28 -19 30
18 Hapoel Ashkelon 33 3 6 24 18 87 17 2 5 10 9 34 16 1 1 14 9 53 -69 15

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