Hapoel Katamon perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Hapoel Rishon LeZion can look both up and down from their 9th position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Katamon so far this season.
Hapoel Katamon are confident in defense, having played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Katamon in their previous game, a Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Afula (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in a game that was won 1-0.
There will be little rest for Katamon after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Ramat HaSharon for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
Hapoel Katamon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. On the other hand, Hapoel Katamon have conceded 4 goals.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
Playing away, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga Leumit this season. With three draws in a row for Rishon the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Visiting Rishon has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The attacking players of Rishon have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes. Hapoel Rishon LeZion have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 190 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Acre that ended 0-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in just four days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rishon's manager I. Amer has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Katamon three wins, four draws and Hapoel Rishon LeZion three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 5 goals | B. Mizan 2 goals |  Y. Maliac 1 goals |
Hapoel Katamon missing players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
| Hapoel Katamon | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 48 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 34 | 63 |
| 34 | 22 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 24% | 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
- Hapoel Katamon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Katamon have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion has the most matches under the total-line (9) 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 Ramat Gan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Hapoel Iksal | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 3 |