Hapoel Afula will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Afula have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
Afula are confident in defense, having played 241 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Before that match, a Liga Leumit win away at Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are coming to town in three days.
The Hapoel Afula fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Afula have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon form and stats
Playing away, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Liga Leumit this season. HaSharon has drawn their two previous away games.
HaSharon's previous game was their home loss versus Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (0-2). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Acre in just three days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on HaSharon as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hapoel Ramat HaSharon - Afula 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Hapoel Afula, one draw and six wins for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shekel 5 goals |   D. Biton 4 goals | N. Goldman 3 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 82% |
| 50% | 45% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 45% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 9% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 18% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 36% | 55% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 59% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 8.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.5 | 9.1 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 34% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 16% | 22% |
| 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 Katamon | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 41 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Hapoel Iksal | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 17 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -18 | 17 |