The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hapoel Afula are in the 10th position while the guesting Kafr Qasim worry at 12th.
- Kafr Qasim have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga Leumit
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.
Qasim are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Overall Liga Leumit stats at home this season for Hapoel Afula are 6-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).
Afula's previous game was a Liga Leumit match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Kafr Qasim (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Hapoel Iksal with a 2-1 scoreline.
Afula are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Afula have conceded only 12 goals.
Kafr Qasim form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Leumit travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Qasim, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hapoel Afula in the Liga Leumit. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kafr Qasim - Afula 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Afula one win, zero draws and Kafr Qasim two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Biton 5 goals |   M. El-Khatib 4 goals | N. Goldman 3 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Kafr Qasim missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Kafr Qasim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 93% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 79% |
| 55% | 53% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 47% | 55% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 34% |
| 7% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 34% | 20% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 38% | 53% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 47% | 34% |
| 34% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 23% | 20% |
- Kafr Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kafr Qasim have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 51 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 4 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 43 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Kafr Qasim | 28 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 32 |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 31 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 23 |