Liga Alef - Süd preview: Can Maccabi Yavne edge out victory against Maccabi Ashdod?

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Competition: Israel Liga Alef - Süd
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)

Maccabi Yavne have played well so far this season, proven by 6th spot in the table. Maccabi Ashdod have an outlook both up and down the table from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Yavne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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

24 points is a decent return from 12 Liga Alef - Süd games here for Maccabi Yavne. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Maccabi are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Holon Yermiyahu.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hapoel Ashkelon.

There will be little rest for Maccabi Yavne after this match as they are travelling to Bnei Eilat for a Liga Alef - Süd game in only four days.

Maccabi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Maccabi Yavne have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Maccabi Ashdod form and stats

Playing away, Maccabi Ashdod have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga Alef - Süd this season. Maccabi Ashdod have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Maccabi Ashdod might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ironi Kuseife proved too strong as Maccabi slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Agudat Sport Nordia with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Maccabi Ashdod have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of Maccabi when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported meeting involving both these contenders is the Maccabi Ashdod - Maccabi Yavne 0-0 played previously this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Maccabi Yavne victories, one draw and one Maccabi Ashdod win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being from the last two encounters.

Maccabi Yavne missing players

Maccabi Ashdod missing players

Maccabi Yavne Maccabi Ashdod
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
11 7 3 Won W 0 4 8
11 3 0 Drew D 1 3 9
3 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
32 17 7 Scored S 2 11 27
22 10 3 Conceded C 4 12 27
84% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 84%
68% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 60%
40% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 32%
12% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 20%
8% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
60% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 44%
36% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 40%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 32%
 
4.8 4.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.3
4.4 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.9 4
2.6 2.9 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.1 10 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.9 10.6
4.2 3.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.9 4.3
31% 36% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 25%
 
8.1 7.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.1 7.9
2.7 2.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Liga Alef - Süd this season:
  • Maccabi Yavne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 Kfar Shalem 25 16 6 3 44 15 12 7 2 3 19 12 13 9 4 0 25 3 29 54
2 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 25 16 6 3 43 19 12 7 3 2 17 11 13 9 3 1 26 8 24 54
3 Holon Yermiyahu 25 16 6 3 45 27 14 9 4 1 30 19 11 7 2 2 15 8 18 54
4 Shimshon Kafr Qasim 25 14 8 3 45 21 13 7 5 1 28 11 12 7 3 2 17 10 24 50
5 Hapoel Marmorek 25 12 8 5 36 21 12 4 4 4 12 11 13 8 4 1 24 10 15 44
6 Maccabi Yavne 25 11 11 3 32 22 12 7 3 2 17 10 13 4 8 1 15 12 10 44
7 Maccabi Shaarayim 25 9 9 7 33 25 13 5 6 2 19 9 12 4 3 5 14 16 8 36
8 Maccabi Ashdod 25 8 9 8 27 27 13 4 6 3 16 15 12 4 3 5 11 12 0 33
9 MS Dimona 25 8 6 11 32 29 13 5 4 4 17 13 12 3 2 7 15 16 3 30
10 Maccabi Herzliya 25 8 5 12 27 33 12 6 1 5 19 16 13 2 4 7 8 17 -6 29
11 Hapoel Bikat Hayarden 25 6 10 9 24 31 12 4 3 5 12 18 13 2 7 4 12 13 -7 28
12 Shimshon Tel Aviv 25 8 3 14 35 42 12 4 3 5 18 17 13 4 0 9 17 25 -7 27
13 Hapoel Bnei Lod 25 6 9 10 26 48 14 4 6 4 17 21 11 2 3 6 9 27 -22 27
14 Bnei Eilat 25 7 5 13 31 40 13 5 1 7 14 18 12 2 4 6 17 22 -9 26
15 Ironi Kuseife 25 10 4 11 32 35 12 6 2 4 15 10 13 4 2 7 17 25 -3 25
16 Hapoel Azor 25 6 4 15 35 42 12 3 1 8 15 21 13 3 3 7 20 21 -7 22
17 Agudat Sport Nordia 25 4 3 18 22 47 12 4 1 7 14 21 13 0 2 11 8 26 -25 15
18 Hapoel Ashkelon 25 2 4 19 11 56 12 2 3 7 7 21 13 0 1 12 4 35 -45 10