Struggling Hapoel Nazareth Illit will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Maccabi Petah Tikva in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Nazareth Illit nor Maccabi Petah Tikva 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
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Nazareth Illit so far this season.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 397 minutes ago. Y. Cohen scored that one. Hapoel Nazareth Illit are confident in defense, having played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Hapoel Nazareth Illit supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Marmorek in State Cup and win 3-1. The points were shared before that, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 0-0 versus Hapoel Katamon.
There will be little rest for Hapoel Nazareth Illit after this match as they are travelling to Kafr Qasim for a Liga Leumit game in only three days.
The Hapoel Nazareth Illit fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have the most scored goals (34) in Liga Leumit, have an excellent away record in the Liga Leumit so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Maccabi Petah Tikva as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Beitar Jerusalem game have they lost an away game, meaning Maccabi Petah Tikva has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Maccabi Petah Tikva are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the State Cup against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Acre.
Maccabi Petah Tikva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Maccabi Petah Tikva are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Maccabi Petah Tikva - Hapoel Nazareth Illit 3-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 2 - 0 - 5 (Hapoel Nazareth Illit wins - draws - Maccabi Petah Tikva wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Baribo 7 goals |  D. Hugy 7 goals |  L. Cohen 6 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 80% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | 87% |
| 40% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 53% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 40% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 60% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 53% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 115 | 54 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 63 | 154 |
| 52 | 25 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 28 | 69 |
| 29% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 39% | 49% |
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most points from losing position (9)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (34)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have not yet lost a game.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored in all their matches so far.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Nazareth Illit.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 37 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Kafr Qasim | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Bnei Sakhnin | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -27 | 9 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 7 |