Home advantage could prove decisive in Hapoel Kfar Saba - Hapoel Afula battle

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Levita Stadium (5800 seats)

Hapoel Kfar Saba welcome Hapoel Afula with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Leumit

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kfar and Hapoel Afula.

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Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Kfar Saba, who have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Leumit, have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hapoel Kfar Saba after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Kfar travelled for their previous game, a trip to Agudat Sport Ashdod that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kafr Qasim.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hapoel Kfar Saba handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and three defeats.

Kfar are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Leumit match at Hapoel Ra'anana awaits in three days.

Hapoel Kfar Saba has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Hapoel Kfar Saba have conceded only 10 goals.

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Hapoel Afula form and stats

Hapoel Afula have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga Leumit, after 2-1-9 (12 played).

The fans enjoyed Afula's previous game versus Bnei Yehuda (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Prior to that match, the Hapoel Afula manager Shavit faced defeat when travelling to Maccabi Bnei Raina and losing 1-2.

Afula are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The attacking power of Hapoel Afula when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Hapoel Afula have conceded 28 goals in these games. Hapoel Afula has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Hapoel Afula - Kfar 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hapoel Kfar Saba five wins, two draws and Hapoel Afula three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Kfar SabaG. Itzhak
G. Itzhak
11 goals
Hapoel AfulaS. Hirsh
S. Hirsh
7 goals
Hapoel Kfar SabaY. Stoyanov
Y. Stoyanov
4 goals

Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players

Hapoel Afula missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Afula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
9 4 0 Won W 0 2 8
10 5 2 Drew D 0 1 4
5 3 2 Lost L 3 9 12
34 15 4 Scored S 2 11 25
23 10 6 Conceded C 9 28 39
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
71% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 79%
38% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 54%
21% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 25%
12% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
58% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 58%
33% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 29%
 
4.3 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.7
4.5 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5 5
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.6 8.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 5.7 6.3
3.5 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 2.9
40% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 38% 36%
 
8.8 8.3 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 9 8.7
3.4 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Afula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hapoel Afula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hapoel Afula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (28) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 Kafr Qasim 24 11 7 6 30 23 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 4 4 4 8 8 7 40
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 24 10 8 6 29 21 12 6 3 3 16 10 12 4 5 3 13 11 8 38
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 24 9 10 5 34 23 12 4 5 3 15 10 12 5 5 2 19 13 11 37
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 24 9 10 5 32 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 2 7 3 10 11 6 37
5 Sektzia Nes Tziona 24 9 9 6 33 24 12 8 3 1 21 6 12 1 6 5 12 18 9 36
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 24 8 11 5 28 22 12 6 5 1 19 9 12 2 6 4 9 13 6 35
6 Hapoel Iksal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 24 8 9 7 22 21 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 2 5 5 9 12 1 33
8 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 24 8 8 8 25 33 12 6 3 3 14 13 12 2 5 5 11 20 -8 32
9 Hapoel Acre 24 7 10 7 29 21 12 4 6 2 14 8 12 3 4 5 15 13 8 31
10 Bnei Yehuda 24 8 7 9 28 24 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 13 12 4 31
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 24 7 9 8 30 35 12 3 6 3 15 16 12 4 3 5 15 19 -5 30
12 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 24 8 5 11 31 35 12 3 3 6 11 17 12 5 2 5 20 18 -4 29
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 24 7 8 9 28 35 12 2 5 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -7 29
14 Hapoel Afula 24 8 4 12 25 39 12 6 3 3 14 11 12 2 1 9 11 28 -14 28
15 Hapoel Ra'anana 24 6 8 10 22 31 12 3 4 5 13 19 12 3 4 5 9 12 -9 26
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 24 4 7 13 26 39 12 1 5 6 12 17 12 3 2 7 14 22 -13 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kafr Qasim 24 11 7 6 30 23 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 4 4 4 8 8 7 40
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 24 10 8 6 29 21 12 6 3 3 16 10 12 4 5 3 13 11 8 38
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 24 9 10 5 34 23 12 4 5 3 15 10 12 5 5 2 19 13 11 37
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 24 9 10 5 32 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 2 7 3 10 11 6 37
5 Sektzia Nes Tziona 24 9 9 6 33 24 12 8 3 1 21 6 12 1 6 5 12 18 9 36
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 24 8 11 5 28 22 12 6 5 1 19 9 12 2 6 4 9 13 6 35
6 Hapoel Iksal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 24 8 9 7 22 21 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 2 5 5 9 12 1 33
8 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 24 8 8 8 25 33 12 6 3 3 14 13 12 2 5 5 11 20 -8 32
9 Hapoel Acre 24 7 10 7 29 21 12 4 6 2 14 8 12 3 4 5 15 13 8 31
10 Bnei Yehuda 24 8 7 9 28 24 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 13 12 4 31
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 24 7 9 8 30 35 12 3 6 3 15 16 12 4 3 5 15 19 -5 30
12 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 24 8 5 11 31 35 12 3 3 6 11 17 12 5 2 5 20 18 -4 29
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 24 7 8 9 28 35 12 2 5 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -7 29
14 Hapoel Afula 24 8 4 12 25 39 12 6 3 3 14 11 12 2 1 9 11 28 -14 28
15 Hapoel Ra'anana 24 6 8 10 22 31 12 3 4 5 13 19 12 3 4 5 9 12 -9 26
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 24 4 7 13 26 39 12 1 5 6 12 17 12 3 2 7 14 22 -13 19

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