Liga Leumit: What this game might not have in glitz it should make up for in guts and attitude. Let's go: Hapoel Kfar Saba - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth!
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga Leumit
For Maccabi Ahi Nazareth it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face game!
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Hapoel Kfar Saba have collected 17 points from their Liga Leumit home games so far after 5-2-7.
A good away victory last time out for Hapoel Kfar Saba, who won 3-0 against Hapoel Nof HaGalil (placed 15th). Sweet to taste a league victory after four games without one.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ironi Tiberias (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kfar handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Hapoel Kfar Saba has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Kfar have conceded 21 from these games.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
There's been little loot from Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Liga Leumit. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. With the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 501 league minutes without a goal. Bongongui was the last player to find the net.
Nazareth's previous game was their home loss versus Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (0-4). Maccabi Ahi Nazareth lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth manager Shavit faced defeat when travelling to Kafr Qasim and losing 0-4.Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Take note: 11 of the latest 13 league fixtures featuring this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Nazareth rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other earlier this season: Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hapoel Kfar Saba four wins, two draws and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Rohana 6 goals | S. Torial 6 goals |  B. Kuku 6 goals |
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 33 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 36 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 43% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 11% | 14% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 54% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 36% |
| 18% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 43% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 23% |
| 7.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Saba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Ironi Tiberias | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 51 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Afula | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | Bnei Yehuda | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 32 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -22 | 24 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -34 | 7 |
