Liga Leumit match preview: Hapoel Acre versus Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 14.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Acre Municipal Stadium (5000 seats)

Hapoel Acre hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 31 points and a 14th position in the Liga Leumit table. Visiting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth holds 10th place with 39 pts.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Acre have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga Leumit

Hapoel Acre and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

For Acre relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. For Nazareth it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Hapoel Acre form and stats

With 2 Liga Leumit wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Hapoel Acre are certainly not brimming with confidence. With ten home Liga Leumit games in a row without a win, the Acre fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth game long ago, can be stopped today.

Before that, Acre drew at home versus Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Acre aren't scoring a lot here at Acre Municipal Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 15 games. On the other hand, Acre have conceded 18 goals.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

4-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga Leumit, in their Liga Leumit matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Nazareth's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Nazareth aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 190 league minutes without a goal. M. Mula was the last player to find the net.

A 0-2 defeat away at Kafr Qasim before that.

The visiting Nazareth have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Acre 3-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Acre won two, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won four and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AcreR. Twizer
R. Twizer
11 goals
Maccabi Ahi NazarethN. Bazea
N. Bazea
7 goals
Maccabi Ahi NazarethA. Dabour
A. Dabour
7 goals

Hapoel Acre missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Hapoel Acre Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 4 Played P 6 17 36
7 2 1 Won W 2 4 12
18 10 3 Drew D 3 5 9
11 5 0 Lost L 1 8 15
29 12 3 Scored S 8 16 37
43 21 1 Conceded C 6 25 42
69% 71% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 92%
53% 59% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 64%
28% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 36%
25% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 19%
19% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
39% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 39%
47% 41% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 25%
44% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
6.6 7 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.4 8.1
3.2 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.4
25% 21% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 30%
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Acre have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga Leumit

  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 Nazareth Illit 30 16 9 5 39 20 15 8 6 1 17 8 15 8 3 4 22 12 19 57
2 Hapoel Katamon 30 14 12 4 37 16 15 8 6 1 19 8 15 6 6 3 18 8 21 54
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 12 10 8 28 30 15 6 6 3 15 12 15 6 4 5 13 18 -2 46
4 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 30 12 8 10 44 36 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 4 4 7 18 18 8 44
5 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 11 10 9 27 23 15 7 4 4 15 11 15 4 6 5 12 12 4 43
6 Hapoel Iksal 30 11 10 9 42 42 15 6 4 5 24 23 15 5 6 4 18 19 0 43
7 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 9 15 6 32 27 15 6 6 3 19 12 15 3 9 3 13 15 5 42
8 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 9 13 8 33 28 15 7 5 3 19 10 15 2 8 5 14 18 5 40
9 Hapoel Afula 30 10 9 11 32 28 15 7 3 5 20 12 15 3 6 6 12 16 4 39
10 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 10 9 11 32 31 15 6 4 5 16 13 15 4 5 6 16 18 1 39
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 8 11 11 30 31 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 5 5 19 17 -1 35
12 Kafr Qasim 30 7 14 9 25 31 15 3 9 3 15 15 15 4 5 6 10 16 -6 35
13 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 7 11 12 21 33 15 3 5 7 11 18 15 4 6 5 10 15 -12 32
14 Hapoel Acre 30 5 16 9 22 35 15 2 9 4 10 18 15 3 7 5 12 17 -13 31
15 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 6 9 15 17 30 15 2 5 8 7 16 15 4 4 7 10 14 -13 27
16 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 6 8 16 32 52 15 2 5 8 15 26 15 4 3 8 17 26 -20 26