Hapoel Afula will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.
- Hapoel Afula have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga Leumit
Hapoel Afula form and stats
5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Afula so far this season. After failing to beat Hapoel Katamon here at Afula Illit Stadium, Afula has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Afula travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hapoel Umm al-Fahm that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Afula won a home game hosting Hapoel Ra'anana (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Afula perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Afula as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Hapoel Afula has won seven of these, drawn two and lost two.
Afula has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Afula are not conceding a lot of goals here at Afula Illit Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla form and stats
There's been little loot from Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Liga Leumit. Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hapoel Acre proved too strong as Beitar slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Ramla Municipal Stadium. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Beitar in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, six draws and six defeats.
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Beitar have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla - Afula 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Afula wins - draws - Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Mizrachi 10 goals |   D. Biton 4 goals | N. Goldman 3 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 79% |
| 21% | 22% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 11% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 5% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 53% |
| 32% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 42% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 22% | 31% |
- Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga Leumit
- Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Afula have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 10 |