Liga Alef - Süd prediction and data: Maccabi Yavne moderate betting favourite to beat Hapoel Azor

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

Maccabi Yavne greet Hapoel Azor with faith in landing all three points. Can they? Check our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Yavne have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga Alef - Süd
  • Hapoel Azor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Hapoel Azor are struggling to avoid relegation.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Maccabi Yavne form and stats

Maccabi Yavne have played 16 Liga Alef - Süd games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 480 minutes.

Maccabi shared the glory with Maccabi Herzliya in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hapoel Bikat Hayarden in a game that was won 1-0.

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 Yavne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.

The Maccabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 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 Yavne have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hapoel Azor form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Alef - Süd.

Gabra was the last player to score for the away team. Azor haven't scored a league goal in the last 239 minutes.

Hapoel Azor's last game was the home draw against Ironi Kuseife (0-0).

Prior to that match, the Azor manager faced defeat when travelling to Agudat Sport Nordia and losing 0-3.

We have checked recent matches where Hapoel Azor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were six victories, zero draws and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Azor's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 16 league matches away. Hapoel Azor have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other earlier on this match year: Hapoel Azor - Maccabi Yavne 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Maccabi two wins, two draws and Hapoel Azor two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Maccabi Yavne missing players

Hapoel Azor missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Yavne Hapoel Azor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
13 8 5 Won W 1 5 9
14 5 0 Drew D 3 3 5
5 3 0 Lost L 1 8 18
35 18 9 Scored S 7 26 46
24 11 1 Conceded C 5 25 51
78% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
56% 44% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 84%
31% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 75% 69%
9% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 38%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 19%
47% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 53%
44% 56% 80% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 28%
31% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 28%
 
4.6 4.2 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.5 3.8
4.4 4.4 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.9 3.4
2.5 2.6 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.8 9.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.2 9.1
4.1 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 3.6
27% 32% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 48% 41%
 
8.3 7.7 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 7.9 8.3
2.7 2.2 0.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Liga Alef - Süd this season:
  • Hapoel Azor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Yavne have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) 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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