This fixture has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the premier Liga Leumit fixture of the season. Both Hapoel Afula and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm are aiming for a bright start to their league adventure.
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
The season before, Hapoel Afula's league statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses, providing 12th position in the Liga Leumit. In these 30 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 52. Appearing as the home team in the former season Hapoel Afula managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 19 conceded.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Afula have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 6.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Umm al-Fahm performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 12/18 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Hapoel Umm al-Fahm, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Hapoel Afula victories, two draws and four Hapoel Umm al-Fahm wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Hapoel Afula missing players
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hapoel Afula | Last season | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 47 | ||
| 57 | 24 | Conceded | C | 29 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 74% | 81% | ||
| 78% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 76% | ||
| 54% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 54% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 30% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 59% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 62% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 27% | ||
| 30% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 30% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Acre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Afula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ironi Tiberias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kafr Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 2 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 46 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 33 |