The Liga Alef - Süd league standings tell a story about these contenders up until now, with Maccabi Yavne leading Hapoel Bikat Hayarden by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi Yavne and Hapoel Bikat Hayarden.
Maccabi Yavne form and stats
The total Liga Alef - Süd results at home this season for Maccabi Yavne are 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Maccabi are confident in defense, having played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The spoils were shared in Maccabi Yavne's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ironi Kuseife (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Agudat Sport Nordia and winning 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Maccabi Yavne handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and one defeat.
The manager Yosi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maccabi Herzliya in only three days.
Maccabi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maccabi Yavne are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hapoel Bikat Hayarden form and stats
Hapoel Bikat Hayarden have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Liga Alef - Süd, after 2-8-5 (15 played).
Hapoel Bikat Hayarden have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 211 minutes ago. Azoulay was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hayarden goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 261 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Hapoel Bikat Hayarden delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Hapoel Kfar Shalem (placed 2nd) in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Ironi Kuseife.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, three draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hayarden are hosting Hapoel Bnei Lod in the Liga Alef - Süd only two days away.
The attacking power of Hapoel Bikat Hayarden when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 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
These teams faced each other before this season: Hapoel Bikat Hayarden - Maccabi Yavne 1-2. Previous three meetings featuring these squads: Maccabi won two, Hapoel Bikat Hayarden were winners in zero and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Maccabi Yavne missing players
Hapoel Bikat Hayarden missing players
| Maccabi Yavne | Hapoel Bikat Hayarden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 34 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 80% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 73% | 80% |
| 60% | 47% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 27% | 40% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 7% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 53% | 40% |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 31% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| 8.3 | 7.3 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.4 | 13.1 | 13 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 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 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 37 | 66 |
| 2 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 31 | 61 |
| 3 | Shimshon Kafr Qasim | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 61 |
| 4 | Holon Yermiyahu | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 55 |
| 5 | Hapoel Marmorek | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 53 |
| 6 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 49 |
| 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Maccabi Shaarayim | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | MS Dimona | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 37 |
| 11 | Bnei Eilat | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 35 |
| 12 | Ironi Kuseife | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bikat Hayarden | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 33 |
| 15 | Hapoel Azor | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | -2 | 31 |
| 16 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 37 | -32 | 29 |
| 17 | Agudat Sport Nordia | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | -24 | 24 |
| 18 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 46 | -62 | 14 |
