Liga Bet - North B: High-level versus modest, at least that's what the standings say. Maccabi Ahi Iksal - Beitar Haifa Jacob. Home victory or a shock?
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Liga Bet - North B
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Beitar Haifa Jacob have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maccabi Ahi Iksal form and stats
Maccabi Ahi Iksal are steadily winning Liga Bet - North B games and points here. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Maccabi Ahi Iksal has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.
Maccabi Ahi Iksal faced defeat in their previous match, away at Maccabi Achva Fureidis (after extra-time) (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Maccabi Ahi Iksal lost 0-1 at home to MS Tirat HaCarmel (after extra-time).It should be noted that a peek at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Bet - North B match at Hapoel Beit Shean awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Maccabi Ahi Iksal in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Maccabi 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.
Beitar Haifa Jacob form and stats
Beitar Haifa Jacob have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga Bet - North B, after 2-4-6 (12 played).
There were no winners in Beitar Haifa Jacob's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Hapoel Sandala Gilboa (after extra-time) (placed 15th).
Prior to that result Beitar Haifa Jacob won their away game at Hapoel Beit Shean (after extra-time). The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game Beitar return home for a Liga Bet - North B game against Hapoel Bnei Musmus. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Beitar Haifa Jacob as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Beitar have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Beitar Haifa Jacob - Maccabi Ahi Iksal 1-2.
Maccabi Ahi Iksal missing players
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| Maccabi Ahi Iksal | Beitar Haifa Jacob | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 48 | 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 27 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 81% |
| 77% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 69% | 73% |
| 54% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 54% | 58% |
| 23% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 35% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 35% | 46% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 42% | 46% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 27% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 42% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 8.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 38% | 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 61% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.2 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
- Beitar Haifa Jacob have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Beitar Haifa Jacob have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Beitar Haifa Jacob have scored away.
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga Bet - North B
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Liga Bet - North B
- Maccabi Ahi Iksal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | MS Tirat HaCarmel | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 55 |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Musmus | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 54 |
| 4 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 46 |
| 5 | Ihud Bnei Kfar Kara | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 44 |
| 6 | Hapoel Beit Shean | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Maccabi Achva Fureidis | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Hapoel Bnei Pardes | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 10 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 11 | Ihud Bnei Baka | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 25 |
| 12 | Pardes Hanna-Karkur | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 24 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 24 |
| 14 | Beitar Haifa Jacob | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 15 | Hapoel Sandala Gilboa | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 33 | -33 | 20 |
| 16 | Ahva Reineh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
