The Liga Leumit season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Rishon LeZion promises to be an interesting one.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
Perfect Liga Leumit season at home so far for Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Nazareth's last game was hosting Hapoel Rishon LeZion (placed 16th) and winning 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Hapoel Afula with a 4-3 scoreline.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Nazareth's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
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 Rishon LeZion form and stats
Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga Leumit were 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 3 fixtures.
Rishon have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 181 minutes ago. G. Itzhak was the goal scorer.
Two away games in a row for Rishon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the Liga Leumit. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Hapoel Petah Tikva.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hapoel Rishon LeZion playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hapoel Nazareth Illit - Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1-0. Hapoel Nazareth Illit-Hapoel Rishon LeZion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nazareth five wins, Hapoel Rishon LeZion five wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Habiballa 3 goals | M. Lima Cruz 2 goals | R. Shukrani 1 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Last season | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 49 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 95% | ||
| 73% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 73% | ||
| 46% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 24% | ||
| 14% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 57% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | ||
| 22% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 35% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 322 | 184 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 365 | ||
| 138 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 158 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 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 Nazareth Illit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hapoel Iksal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Kafr Qasim | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |