Hapoel Katamon perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Hapoel Iksal can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Hapoel Katamon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Iksal has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Leumit
Hapoel Iksal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga Leumit game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Hapoel Iksal.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Hapoel Katamon have collected 11 points from their Liga Leumit home games so far after 3-2-1.
Katamon are confident in defense, having played 433 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Katamon travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hapoel Ramat Gan that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.
There will be little rest for Katamon after this match as they are travelling to Kafr Qasim for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
The Katamon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Katamon have conceded only 5 goals.
Hapoel Iksal form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga Leumit matches, Hapoel Iksal have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far.
The attacking players of Hapoel Iksal have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 222 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The Liga Leumit match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Ra'anana (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties).
A quick return to home after this game, as Iksal are hosting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Liga Leumit only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Iksal as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Iksal in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hapoel Iksal - Katamon 3-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Katamon victories, two draws and one Hapoel Iksal win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 8 goals |  J. da Silva 6 goals | T. Avitan 4 goals |
Hapoel Katamon missing players
Hapoel Iksal missing players
| Hapoel Katamon | Hapoel Iksal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 57% | 73% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 60% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.3 | 7.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 27% | 17% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 35% |
- Hapoel Iksal has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Nazareth Illit | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Hapoel Iksal | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hapoel Afula | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Kafr Qasim | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 6 |