Hapoel Afula hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 3 points and a 15th position in the Liga Leumit table. Visiting Hapoel Katamon holds 8th place with 12 pts.
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 Afula and Hapoel Katamon.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Hapoel Afula have played three Liga Leumit home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. It's trouble wherever Afula are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 359 minutes without scoring a league goal. G. Dahan was the last player to find the net.
Hapoel Afula lost their last game at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Hapoel Rishon LeZion (0-1).
Afula are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Afula have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Katamon in their Liga Leumit matches away.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm's place.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Katamon have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Katamon have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Hapoel Afula wins - draws - Hapoel Katamon wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 5 goals |  M. Plenckauskas Cordeiro 2 goals | N. Goldman 1 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 18 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 28 | 76 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 20% | 19% |
- Hapoel Afula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game.
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Afula is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 Ramat Gan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Hapoel Iksal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Hapoel Katamon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |