A quick peek at the Liga Leumit table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Read our Hapoel Petah Tikva - Bnei Yehuda preview!
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Liga Leumit
- Bnei Yehuda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Yehuda are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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 Petah Tikva form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Petah Tikva at their home stadium is 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. The Hapoel Petah Tikva fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Hapoel Petah Tikva has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The Hapoel Petah Tikva goalkeeper Omer Katz is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 366 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Leumit.
A nice win for Hapoel Petah Tikva last time playing, versus Maccabi Bnei Raina. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Zikri scoring for the victors.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hapoel Rishon LeZion and winning 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Petah Tikva perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Petah Tikva as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Petah has won five of these, drawn four and lost seven.
The Hapoel Petah Tikva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. Petah have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Bnei Yehuda form and stats
4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Bnei Yehuda playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season. With three draws in a row for Bnei Yehuda the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Yehuda are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Hapoel Acre.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Bnei Yehuda in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Bnei Yehuda, four draws and three defeats.
Yehuda have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Bnei Yehuda - Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-1. Nakshari (Hapoel Petah Tikva) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Petah wins - draws - Bnei Yehuda wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Atar 11 goals |  A. Buzaglo 8 goals |
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
Bnei Yehuda missing players
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Bnei Yehuda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 80% | 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 53% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 27% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 43% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 13% |
| 43% | 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 37% | 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 27% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 8.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | 27% |
| 7.5 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- Bnei Yehuda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 Bnei Raina | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 51 |
| 2 | Kafr Qasim | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 50 |
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 37 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 34 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 26 |
