Liga Leumit duel: Close contest expected between Hapoel Kfar Saba and Sektzia Nes Tziona

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Mon 28.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Levita Stadium (5800 seats)

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Sektzia Nes Tziona are both doing (very) nicely in the Liga Leumit with their 3rd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a fun match!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Leumit
  • Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga Leumit

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated game!

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Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Kfar Saba at their home stadium (Levita Stadium) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

No payout for Kfar in their previous match, an away game at Hapoel Ra'anana that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hapoel Afula.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hapoel Kfar Saba have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Kfar Saba as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the Liga Leumit. That match is four days after this one.

The Kfar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Hapoel Kfar Saba have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats

There's been little loot from Sektzia Nes Tziona's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Liga Leumit. Sektzia Nes Tziona only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

There were no winners in Sektzia Nes Tziona's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Bnei Yehuda (placed 8th).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Maccabi Bnei Raina's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sektzia playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Sektzia Nes Tziona wins, one draw and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Sektzia Nes Tziona, the Liga Leumit home match versus Agudat Sport Ashdod. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 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. 19 goals have been conceded by Sektzia in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled previously this season: Sektzia Nes Tziona - Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: one win for Kfar, four draws and five wins for Sektzia Nes Tziona. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Sektzia Nes TzionaD. Biton
D. Biton
14 goals
Hapoel Kfar SabaG. Itzhak
G. Itzhak
11 goals
Hapoel Kfar SabaY. Stoyanov
Y. Stoyanov
5 goals

Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players

Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players

Hapoel Kfar Saba Sektzia Nes Tziona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
10 5 1 Won W 0 1 9
10 5 1 Drew D 0 6 10
6 3 1 Lost L 3 6 7
37 18 4 Scored S 1 12 35
25 10 4 Conceded C 5 19 27
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 85%
73% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 73%
38% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 42%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
54% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 46%
35% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 38%
19% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 31%
 
4.4 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.3
4.3 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.8 4
2.4 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
7.8 8.8 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.5 9
3.6 4.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.7
39% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 24% 36%
 
8.5 8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 8 8.1
3.3 3.5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 2.9
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga Leumit
  • Sektzia Nes Tziona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most dropped points from leading position (19) 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 Bnei Raina 27 12 9 6 32 22 14 8 3 3 19 11 13 4 6 3 13 11 10 45
2 Kafr Qasim 26 12 8 6 34 24 13 8 3 2 25 15 13 4 5 4 9 9 10 44
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 10 10 6 37 25 13 5 5 3 18 10 13 5 5 3 19 15 12 40
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 27 9 11 7 34 30 13 7 4 2 22 15 14 2 7 5 12 15 4 38
5 Sektzia Nes Tziona 26 9 10 7 35 27 13 8 4 1 23 8 13 1 6 6 12 19 8 37
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 27 9 10 8 24 25 13 7 4 2 15 10 14 2 6 6 9 15 -1 37
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 Rishon LeZion 27 10 6 11 33 35 14 4 4 6 12 17 13 6 2 5 21 18 -2 36
8 Bnei Yehuda 27 9 8 10 33 29 14 5 4 5 18 15 13 4 4 5 15 14 4 35
9 Agudat Sport Ashdod 26 8 12 6 30 25 13 6 6 1 20 10 13 2 6 5 10 15 5 34
10 Hapoel Acre 27 7 12 8 31 24 13 4 7 2 14 8 14 3 5 6 17 16 7 33
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 27 7 12 8 30 35 13 3 7 3 15 16 14 4 5 5 15 19 -5 33
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 8 8 10 25 31 13 4 4 5 15 19 13 4 4 5 10 12 -6 32
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 27 7 11 9 28 35 14 2 7 5 11 18 13 5 4 4 17 17 -7 32
14 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 27 8 8 11 26 37 13 6 3 4 14 14 14 2 5 7 12 23 -11 32
15 Hapoel Afula 26 9 4 13 27 43 13 7 3 3 16 12 13 2 1 10 11 31 -16 31
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 27 5 9 13 28 40 14 2 6 6 14 18 13 3 3 7 14 22 -12 24