Struggling Hapoel Nazareth Illit will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Katamon in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Katamon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Nazareth Illit so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 307 minutes without scoring a league goal. Y. Cohen was the last player to find the net.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit manager I. Mordechay and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (placed 4th) in the Liga Leumit. Before that game, the home loss against Hapoel Ashkelon with the scoreline 0-2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Nazareth Illit, as the State Cup home game vs Hapoel Marmorek is only four days away.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded 8 goals.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
The strength of Hapoel Katamon, who have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Liga Leumit, on their travels this season is incredible with 15 points collected from 6 Liga Leumit away games. Hapoel Katamon has 5-0-1 on the road, with 12 goals scored and 3 conceded. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Hapoel Katamon's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla game.
Hapoel Katamon's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Acre (0-0). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Kafr Qasim.
The Hapoel Katamon manager Z. Arie has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Hapoel Katamon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Nazareth Illit-Hapoel Katamon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2 wins, Hapoel Katamon 4 wins, 4 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 W. Agade 10 goals |  S. Ziso 4 goals |   G. Dayan 3 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 48 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 54 | 112 |
| 49 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 27 | 50 |
| 31% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 44% | 38% |
- Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Hapoel Katamon has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Hapoel Katamon has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Hapoel Katamon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Hapoel Katamon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Kafr Qasim | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -26 | 9 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 4 |