Season ticket holders at Yankele Grundman Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hapoel Kfar Shalem languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Hapoel Afula will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the most conceded goals (52) 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 Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Hapoel Afula.
Hapoel Kfar Shalem have had a bad season and will be relegated from Liga Leumit. Hapoel Afula are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Hapoel Kfar Shalem form and stats
Hapoel Kfar Shalem's struggle is real here at Yankele Grundman Stadium with only 11 points collected from 15 Liga Leumit games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-8. With seven home Liga Leumit games in a row without a win, the Shalem fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Hapoel Ramat HaSharon game long ago, can be stopped today.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Benbenishti was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Hapoel Kfar Shalem in their previous match, an away game at Hapoel Petah Tikva that ended in defeat 0-1. In the match before that, Hapoel Kfar Shalem hosted Hapoel Acre and drew the game 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shalem as they are travelling to their away game against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Liga Leumit. That match is three days after this one.
Shalem has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Shalem have conceded 26 from these games.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Afula so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hapoel Nazareth Illit game have they lost an away game, meaning Afula has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Hapoel Afula go into this game after a win, the home game against Kafr Qasim that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Ra'anana that ended 3-3.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Acre in just three days.
The attacking power of Afula when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Afula in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shalem - Hapoel Afula 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Shalem zero wins, one draw and Hapoel Afula one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olaha 11 goals |   D. Biton 9 goals | G. Dahan 8 goals |
Hapoel Kfar Shalem missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 42 |
| 54 | 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 62% | 65% |
| 44% | 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 31% | 32% |
| 29% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | 15% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 6% | 9% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 38% |
| 21% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 35% |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 22% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | 36% |
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the fewest clean sheets (3) at home in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the most conceded goals (52) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem have the the worst goal difference (-20) 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 Nazareth Illit | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 57 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 54 |
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 46 |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Kafr Qasim | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 31 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 27 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 26 |