12th- against 9th position might not sound all that inviting. But: Here's the data that makes Hapoel Afula - Maccabi Bnei Raina (even) more absorbing!
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game at home.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have yet to win a game away.
Maccabi Bnei Raina could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga Leumit game only four sleeps ago.
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 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Hapoel Afula lost their last game at Hapoel Rishon LeZion (placed 7th) after a 2-3 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Afula lost 0-1 at home to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.The lack of attacking qualities in Afula means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Afula are not conceding a lot of goals here at Afula Illit Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Maccabi Bnei Raina playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season. The last three matches for Maccabi have all ended in a draw.
Maccabi Bnei Raina's last game was the home draw against Agudat Sport Ashdod (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Kfar Saba that ended 1-1.Maccabi Bnei Raina have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Maccabi in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Ifrah 4 goals |  J. da Silva 4 goals | R. Messika 3 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Maccabi Bnei Raina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 86% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 71% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 6 | 7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 11% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 22% | 26% |
- All of Maccabi Bnei Raina's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game at home.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hapoel Afula have scored home.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have yet to win a game away.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 Kfar Saba | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Kafr Qasim | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |