Struggling Hapoel Bnei Lod will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Rishon LeZion in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hapoel Rishon LeZion are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Hapoel Bnei Lod form and stats
Overall Liga Leumit stats at home this season for Hapoel Bnei Lod, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Liga Leumit, are 4-1-7 (wins-draw-losses).
Hapoel Bnei Lod manager Patricio Sayag and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit (placed 10th) in the Liga Leumit. Before that game, the home loss against Hapoel Acre with the scoreline 0-1.
N. Mizrachi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Hapoel Nazareth Illit after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
There will be little rest for Hapoel Bnei Lod after this match as they are travelling to Bnei Sakhnin for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
The Hapoel Bnei Lod fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hapoel Bnei Lod defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
Playing away, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Liga Leumit this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Hapoel Rishon LeZion are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion played 1-1 against Hapoel Petah Tikva in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Afula in just four days.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Rishon LeZion in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hapoel Rishon LeZion - Hapoel Bnei Lod 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hapoel Bnei Lod won four games, one match ended with a draw and Hapoel Rishon LeZion has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  G. Itzhak 11 goals |  M. Maman 9 goals |  I. Shviro 6 goals |
Hapoel Bnei Lod missing players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 50 | 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 96% |
| 84% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 58% | 72% |
| 60% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 42% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 28% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 12% |
| 48% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 50% | 44% |
| 32% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 204 | 113 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 112 | 265 |
| 88 | 48 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 41 | 113 |
| 27% | 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | 34% |
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the fewest clean sheets (5)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals (23) at home
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals (50)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the the worst goal difference (-26)
- Hapoel Bnei Lod has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Hapoel Bnei Lod have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hapoel Bnei Lod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 54 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Kafr Qasim | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 24 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 17 |