It's game two of the Liga Leumit season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Hapoel Afula-Hapoel Nazareth Illit!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The home team returns to Afula Illit Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Hapoel Petah Tikva (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Liga Leumit game ended 1-1. Before that, Hapoel Afula had a home game versus Hapoel Bnei Lod which ended with a victory 3-1.
Last season, Hapoel Afula's league statistics were 4 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Liga Leumit. Over these 30 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Hapoel Afula managed 3-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 20 conceded.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Nazareth's previous game versus Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (placed 14th), a Liga Leumit 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Hapoel Acre.
Late drama in the previous game, when Denis Constantin Ciofu scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Nazareth Illit performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 16/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Afula, four draws and four wins for Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Hapoel Afula missing players
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Hapoel Afula | Last season | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 89% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 68% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 73% | ||
| 45% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 46% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 27% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 22% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 32% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 328 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 138 | 322 | ||
| 136 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 138 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 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 HaSharon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Iksal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hapoel Katamon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hapoel Afula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Kafr Qasim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |