This might well be yet another engrossing skirmish at Acre Municipal Stadium in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Acre is in 13th position and welcome Hapoel Afula in 12th place. Read about the match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hapoel Acre form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga Leumit game of the season here at Acre Municipal Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses from Hapoel Acre's 18 home games.
The home team returns to Acre Municipal Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Liga Leumit game ended 1-1. G. Sofir was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Agudat Sport Ashdod after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Ahead of that match, Acre lost 0-1 at home to Hapoel Kfar Saba.There will be little rest for Acre after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Ra'anana for a Liga Leumit game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Hapoel Acre's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Hapoel Afula have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga Leumit were 4 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Hapoel Afula delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Liga Leumit game.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Petah Tikva in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Hapoel Afula has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Acre two wins, six draws and Hapoel Afula two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Sofir 1 goals |  N. Ifrah 1 goals |
Hapoel Acre missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Acre | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| Hapoel Acre | Last season | Hapoel Afula | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 70% | 72% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 95% | ||
| 54% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 30% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 38% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 43% | ||
| 49% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 43% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 30% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kafr Qasim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Acre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Afula | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 88 |
| 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 47 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 84 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 83 |
| 4 | Kafr Qasim | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 77 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -11 | 74 |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 73 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 68 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 64 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -27 | 60 |