Liga Leumit preview: Can Hapoel Nof HaGalil edge out victory against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth?

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Thu 08.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Green Stadium (4000 seats)

This promises to be yet another entertaining battle at Green Stadium in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil is in 15th place and receive Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in 11th place. Learn more about the match here!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the most points from losing position (3) in Liga Leumit

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.

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Hapoel Nof HaGalil form and stats

Hapoel Nof HaGalil have played 2 Liga Leumit games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for HaGalil, their manager Dora and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Hapoel Acre (placed 8th).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ironi Tiberias the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hapoel Nof HaGalil handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

At Green Stadium, Hapoel Nof HaGalil has the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga Leumit were 2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 4 fixtures.

The club members enjoyed Nazareth's previous match versus Ironi Tiberias (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home. That win felt good as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Amer when Bazea scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute.

A 0-1 defeat away at Maccabi Petah Tikva before that.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.

0 goals so far away for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: HaGalil won four, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Nof HaGalilN. Shedo
N. Shedo
1 goals
Maccabi Ahi NazarethY. Abuhatzera
Y. Abuhatzera
1 goals
Maccabi Ahi NazarethN. Bazea
N. Bazea
1 goals

Hapoel Nof HaGalil missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Hapoel Nof HaGalil Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
5 5 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
67% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
4.3 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7.7
3.7 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 3
2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 11.7
2.3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 6
14% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 11%
 
11.3 10.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 7.7
6 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.7
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the most points from losing position (3) in Liga Leumit
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Last season Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   19 37
6 4   Won W   5 13
9 3   Drew D   7 11
18 9   Lost L   7 13
25 12   Scored S   18 41
53 26   Conceded C   26 45
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 81%
70% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 62%
36% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 51%
30% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
33% 31%   BTTS BTTS   58% 46%
27% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 38%
52% 44%   Failed to Score F T   26% 35%
 
4.4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
5.2 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.6
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
5 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
8.3 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.8
3 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
25% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
10.8 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.7
4.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.8

  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 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
4 Hapoel Afula 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 5
5 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
6 Bnei Yehuda 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
7 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Hapoel Acre 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
9 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
10 Ironi Tiberias 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3 1 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 3
14 Kafr Qasim 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
15 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
16 Agudat Sport Ashdod 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 -12
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 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 7 5 2 0 19 7 4 3 1 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 10 5 12 50
2 Hapoel Hadera 7 2 0 5 12 15 4 1 0 3 7 10 3 1 0 2 5 5 -3 42
3 Ashdod 7 4 0 3 9 8 4 2 0 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 39
4 Beitar Jerusalem 7 4 3 0 12 7 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 37
5 Hapoel Haifa 7 1 2 4 3 10 4 1 1 2 3 5 3 0 1 2 0 5 -7 35
6 Hapoel Katamon 7 3 1 3 6 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 33
7 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 7 2 1 4 5 8 3 1 0 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 -3 27
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 1 3 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 4 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 -5 27
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 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 7 4 2 1 13 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 4 2 2 0 5 3 7 50
2 Hapoel Afula 7 2 4 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 47
3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 7 2 3 2 9 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 46
4 Hapoel Acre 7 3 2 2 5 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 3 6 -2 46
5 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 7 1 5 1 5 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 45
6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 7 1 2 4 5 8 4 0 1 3 2 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 -3 43
7 Hapoel Ra'anana 7 2 2 3 9 11 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 42
8 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 7 1 4 2 8 10 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 33