Only a win will satisfy the Hapoel Nazareth Illit supporters in this Green Stadium clash with Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Liga Leumit table.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Leumit
It's no vacation for neither Nazareth nor Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Green Stadium as Hapoel Nazareth Illit, who have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Liga Leumit, have scored 12 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Liga Leumit are 5-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Nazareth will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga Leumit game against Hapoel Katamon (placed 1st). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.
Nazareth are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Leumit match at Hapoel Ramat Gan awaits in four days.
Nazareth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. As for guarding their own goal, Nazareth have only let in 4 goals at home.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's previous match, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 0-0 vs Hapoel Petah Tikva (placed 15th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Kfar Shalem.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Ra'anana in just four days.
The attacking power of Nazareth when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Nazareth 1-4 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nazareth victories, four draws and two Maccabi Ahi Nazareth wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima Cruz 6 goals | O. Checkol 4 goals |  A. Abed 4 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 28 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 30% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 40% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 35% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 37% | 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 25% |
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 Katamon | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Hapoel Afula | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 13 |