Football match preview: Hapoel Petah Tikva vs Hapoel Acre

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

This is it, this is Liga Leumit and this is Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Acre. Check out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Petah nor Hapoel Acre 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.

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Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats

6-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Petah Tikva so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Tzalpepe led his Hapoel Petah Tikva to a defeat away at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.

Before that, Hapoel Petah Tikva drew at home versus Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Petah have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost eight.

The manager Tzalpepe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kafr Qasim in only three days.

Hapoel Petah Tikva has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Petah have conceded only 9 goals.

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Hapoel Acre form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Acre seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Acre, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Kafr Qasim.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hapoel Acre in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Hapoel Acre, two draws and eight defeats.

After this away game Acre return home for a Liga Leumit game against Hapoel Ramat Gan. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Hapoel Acre have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hapoel Acre have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants played each other earlier this season; Hapoel Acre - Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0. Hapoel Petah Tikva-Hapoel Acre H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Petah three wins, Hapoel Acre five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel AcreK. Aboubakar
K. Aboubakar
7 goals
Hapoel Petah TikvaR. Zikri
R. Zikri
5 goals
Hapoel AcreI. Haj
I. Haj
5 goals

Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players

Hapoel Acre missing players

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Acre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
8 6 1 Won W 1 3 7
9 4 1 Drew D 1 4 10
7 2 2 Lost L 2 5 7
22 13 3 Scored S 5 15 29
21 9 5 Conceded C 4 13 21
83% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
58% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 67%
29% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 33%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 38%
38% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 29%
 
4.3 5.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.1 4.7
4.4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.2 4.3
2.5 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.7 8.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.9 8.5
3.1 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.3
30% 32% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 39%
 
7 6.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.3 8.5
3 2.9 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 Kafr Qasim 24 11 7 6 30 23 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 4 4 4 8 8 7 40
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 24 10 8 6 29 21 12 6 3 3 16 10 12 4 5 3 13 11 8 38
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 24 9 10 5 34 23 12 4 5 3 15 10 12 5 5 2 19 13 11 37
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 24 9 10 5 32 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 2 7 3 10 11 6 37
5 Sektzia Nes Tziona 24 9 9 6 33 24 12 8 3 1 21 6 12 1 6 5 12 18 9 36
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 24 8 11 5 28 22 12 6 5 1 19 9 12 2 6 4 9 13 6 35
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 Petah Tikva 24 8 9 7 22 21 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 2 5 5 9 12 1 33
8 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 24 8 8 8 25 33 12 6 3 3 14 13 12 2 5 5 11 20 -8 32
9 Hapoel Acre 24 7 10 7 29 21 12 4 6 2 14 8 12 3 4 5 15 13 8 31
10 Bnei Yehuda 24 8 7 9 28 24 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 13 12 4 31
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 24 7 9 8 30 35 12 3 6 3 15 16 12 4 3 5 15 19 -5 30
12 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 24 8 5 11 31 35 12 3 3 6 11 17 12 5 2 5 20 18 -4 29
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 24 7 8 9 28 35 12 2 5 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -7 29
14 Hapoel Afula 24 8 4 12 25 39 12 6 3 3 14 11 12 2 1 9 11 28 -14 28
15 Hapoel Ra'anana 24 6 8 10 22 31 12 3 4 5 13 19 12 3 4 5 9 12 -9 26
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 24 4 7 13 26 39 12 1 5 6 12 17 12 3 2 7 14 22 -13 19