After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Katamon in this fresh Liga Leumit season. Read our match preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
As mentioned below, Hapoel Nazareth Illit are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Liga Leumit games.
The fans are hoping that Nazareth will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga Leumit game against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, Nazareth won a home game hosting Hapoel Rishon LeZion (1-0).
Heartbreak for Nazareth in their last match as Hapoel Ramat HaSharon's O. Shekel scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Nazareth Illit perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Nazareth Illit as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Nazareth has won three of these, drawn two and lost six.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hapoel Nazareth Illit at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Hapoel Katamon are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga Leumit. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The supporters enjoyed Hapoel Katamon's previous game versus Hapoel Petah Tikva (placed 9th), a Liga Leumit 3-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Hapoel Kfar Shalem.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Katamon playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were seven Hapoel Katamon wins, one draw and three defeats.
Hapoel Katamon have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Nazareth Illit-Hapoel Katamon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nazareth three wins, Hapoel Katamon two wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 4 goals |  W. Habiballa 3 goals | M. Lima Cruz 2 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 39 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 26% |
- Hapoel Katamon has the most scored goals (8) in Liga Leumit
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Last season | Hapoel Katamon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 86% | ||
| 73% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 59% | ||
| 46% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 57% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | ||
| 22% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 43% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 322 | 184 | Total Shots | T S | 155 | 303 | ||
| 138 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 133 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 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 Ramat HaSharon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Hapoel Iksal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 15 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 Umm al-Fahm | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 49 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 47 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 45 |
| 4 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 27 |