Struggling Hapoel Ashkelon will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Rishon LeZion in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hapoel Ashkelon form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Ashkelon have to build on here at Sala Stadium in the Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Ashkelon are confident in defense, having played 247 minutes without conceding a goal.
Happy days for Hapoel Ashkelon in their previous game, a Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Nazareth Illit (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hapoel Acre.
There will be little rest for Hapoel Ashkelon after this match as they are travelling to Bnei Sakhnin for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
Hapoel Ashkelon has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hapoel Ashkelon defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Liga Leumit, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (1-1). Before that, Hapoel Rishon LeZion travelled to Hapoel Afula and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hapoel Rishon LeZion are hosting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the Liga Leumit only four days away.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Hapoel Rishon LeZion are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Hapoel Ashkelon victories, 2 draws and 3 Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
U. Parado
7 goals
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M. Maman
6 goals
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Julio Cesar
5 goals
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Hapoel Ashkelon missing players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 92% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 92% |
| 77% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 23% |
| 8% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 15% |
| 54% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 71% | 62% |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | 8% |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 | 105 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 72 | 150 |
| 59 | 39 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 27 | 59 |
| 31% | 23% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 34% |
- Hapoel Ashkelon has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the most clean sheets (8)
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the most points (16) away
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 Petah Tikva | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Kafr Qasim | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -25 | 9 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 4 |