Betting preview: Hapoel Afula faced with a tough challenge when Hapoel Acre visits

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 31.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Afula Illit Stadium (12000 seats)

Hapoel Afula believe to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been difficult up to now with 15 points and a 16th spot in the Liga Leumit table. Opponents Hapoel Acre are in 7th place with 24 pts.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (32) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Afula nor Hapoel Acre as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hapoel Afula form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Afula, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Liga Leumit, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Two home wins in a row for Hapoel Afula bring valid hopes of a third.

Afula lost their last game at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Hapoel Afula won a home game hosting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (2-1).

Afula are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Afula have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hapoel Acre form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga Leumit matches, Hapoel Acre have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.

There were no winners in Acre's previous match, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 1-1 vs Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 8th).

A 0-0 draw at Hapoel Kfar Saba's stadium before that.

Hapoel Acre are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Acre in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other before this season: Hapoel Acre - Afula 1-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Hapoel Afula won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Hapoel Acre managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel AcreK. Aboubakar
K. Aboubakar
5 goals
Hapoel AfulaN. Ifrah
N. Ifrah
4 goals
Hapoel AcreZ. Ahmed
Z. Ahmed
4 goals

Hapoel Afula missing players

Hapoel Acre missing players

Hapoel Afula Hapoel Acre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 3 8 17
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 6
3 2 2 Drew D 0 2 6
10 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
16 8 3 Scored S 6 14 24
32 9 4 Conceded C 3 10 17
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
76% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
59% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 41%
35% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 18%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 59%
12% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 35%
35% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
4.6 5.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 4.9
4.9 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.2
2.5 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 6.5 4.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 10.5 9.2
2.8 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.7
34% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 38%
 
8.5 7.8 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.6 8.4
4.5 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 3.7
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (32) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-16) 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 Kafr Qasim 17 8 5 4 20 16 8 6 1 1 17 10 9 2 4 3 3 6 4 29
2 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 17 7 7 3 24 18 9 6 2 1 18 11 8 1 5 2 6 7 6 28
3 Bnei Yehuda 17 7 6 4 24 15 8 3 3 2 12 8 9 4 3 2 12 7 9 27
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 17 7 6 4 23 15 8 6 2 0 16 3 9 1 4 4 7 12 8 27
5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 16 6 7 3 22 13 8 2 5 1 10 5 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 25
6 Hapoel Iksal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Maccabi Bnei Raina 17 6 7 4 20 16 8 4 3 1 12 5 9 2 4 3 8 11 4 25
7 Hapoel Acre 17 6 6 5 24 17 9 3 4 2 10 7 8 3 2 3 14 10 7 24
8 Agudat Sport Ashdod 17 5 8 4 19 16 8 4 4 0 14 5 9 1 4 4 5 11 3 23
9 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 17 5 7 5 19 21 9 2 5 2 8 9 8 3 2 3 11 12 -2 22
10 Hapoel Petah Tikva 16 5 6 5 11 12 8 4 2 2 7 6 8 1 4 3 4 6 -1 21
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 17 5 6 6 16 21 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 1 3 4 5 12 -5 21
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 17 5 5 7 16 21 8 2 2 4 8 13 9 3 3 3 8 8 -5 20
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 17 4 7 6 19 28 9 1 4 4 7 14 8 3 3 2 12 14 -9 19
14 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 17 4 4 9 20 25 9 1 3 5 8 12 8 3 1 4 12 13 -5 16
15 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 17 4 4 9 22 29 9 1 2 6 7 16 8 3 2 3 15 13 -7 16
16 Hapoel Afula 17 4 3 10 16 32 8 3 2 3 8 9 9 1 1 7 8 23 -16 15