Liga Leumit match prediction: Little separates Hapoel Acre and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in quality

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Date: Thu 29.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Acre Municipal Stadium (5000 seats)

After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Hapoel Acre and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in this fresh Liga Leumit season. Read our match preview!

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 Hapoel Acre and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

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Hapoel Acre form and stats

A Liga Leumit draw at home so far for Hapoel Acre. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.

The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Liga Leumit last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kafr Qasim that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Acre perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Acre as a small favourite), we find ten games. Hapoel Acre has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hapoel Acre at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

One match played away so far in the Liga Leumit for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Hapoel Acre. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Hapoel Bnei Lod.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hapoel Acre - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 3-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Hapoel Acre wins - draws - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Hutba
1 goals
Ali El-Khatib
1 goals
A. Buzorgi
1 goals

Hapoel Acre missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Hapoel Acre Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
3 3 0 Scored 0 3 4
3 3 0 Conceded 0 3 5
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 6.5
4 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 4.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 3.5
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Hapoel Acre Last season Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
2 1   Played   1 2
0 0   Won   0 0
2 1   Drew   1 1
0 0   Lost   0 1
3 3   Scored   3 4
3 3   Conceded   3 5
50% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 2.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 3.5   100% 50%
50% 100%   Over 4.5   100% 50%
50% 100%   BTTS   100% 100%
50% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
50% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
4 6   Corners For (avg)   5 6.5
4 5   Corners Against (avg)   6 4.5
0.5 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 3.5
1 0   Red Cards   0 1

Hapoel Acre
06-05-19 LL Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1 - 0 Hapoel Acre
13-05-19 LL Hapoel Acre 4 - 0 Hapoel Iksal
17-05-19 LL Hapoel Bnei Lod 2 - 2 Hapoel Acre
22-08-19 LL Kafr Qasim 0 - 0 Hapoel Acre
29-08-19 LL Hapoel Acre 3 - 3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
06-09-19 LL Hapoel Acre - Hapoel Nazareth Illit
13-09-19 LL Hapoel Rishon LeZion - Hapoel Acre
20-09-19 LL Hapoel Acre - Bnei Sakhnin
27-09-19 LL Hapoel Ramat Gan - Hapoel Acre
04-10-19 LL Hapoel Acre - Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
06-05-19 LL Hapoel Iksal 1 - 3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
13-05-19 LL Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 3 - 4 Hapoel Bnei Lod
17-05-19 LL Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 1 - 0 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
22-08-19 LL Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1 - 2 Hapoel Bnei Lod
29-08-19 LL Hapoel Acre 3 - 3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
06-09-19 LL Hapoel Afula - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
13-09-19 LL Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Hapoel Nazareth Illit
20-09-19 LL Hapoel Ramat HaSharon - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
27-09-19 LL Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Hapoel Rishon LeZion
04-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Hapoel Bnei Lod 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Hapoel Ashkelon 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Bnei Sakhnin 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 Hapoel Acre 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Kafr Qasim 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
8 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
12 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
13 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
14 Hapoel Afula 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
15 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Hapoel Katamon 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 D P
1 Hapoel Bnei Lod 37 12 11 14 45 48 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 -3 47
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 37 15 13 9 50 36 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 5 4 14 46
3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 37 12 10 15 43 49 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 5 5 -6 46
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 11 13 13 40 49 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 -9 46
5 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 37 11 12 14 41 42 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 6 4 -1 45
6 Hapoel Acre 37 10 15 12 37 38 4 3 0 1 8 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 45
7 Hapoel Marmorek 37 10 7 20 35 58 3 1 0 2 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 7 -23 37
8 Hapoel Iksal 37 7 10 20 35 61 3 0 1 2 3 8 4 0 1 3 1 9 -26 31