Hapoel Petah Tikva vs Hapoel Afula match preview

Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Date: Fri 22.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: HaMoshava Stadium

Struggling Hapoel Petah Tikva will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Afula in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga Leumit match only three days ago.

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Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Petah Tikva has to build on here at HaMoshava Stadium.

Hapoel Petah Tikva are returning here after visiting Sektzia Nes Tziona in a Liga Leumit game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that, Hapoel Petah Tikva had a home game versus Hapoel Kfar Saba which ended with a victory 2-0.

The Hapoel Petah Tikva fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 in 26 matches. Hapoel Petah Tikva are not conceding a lot of goals here at HaMoshava Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 26 matches.

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Hapoel Afula form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Hapoel Afula as they have only collected 13 points from their 14 away games. Hapoel Afula only has 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 7 draws.

Hapoel Afula are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga Leumit against Hapoel Rishon LeZion. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Afula as they have only managed to score 9 times from 28 away games. Hapoel Afula have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Afula have met before this season: Hapoel Afula - Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Hapoel Petah Tikva, 2 draws and 3 wins for Hapoel Afula.

Top Goalscorers

A. Soukouna
9 goals
I. David
9 goals
A. Rochet
9 goals

Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players

Hapoel Afula missing players

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Afula
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 14 Played 14 28
93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 96%
74% 79% Over 1.5 79% 71%
52% 43% Over 2.5 50% 29%
19% 14% Over 3.5 29% 18%
0% 0% Over 4.5 14% 7%
56% 50% Both teams to score 57% 54%
37% 43% Clean Sheet 43% 32%
15% 7% Failed To Score 0% 18%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 27 13 10 4 37 21 14 6 6 2 16 8 13 7 4 2 21 13 16 49
2 Hapoel Katamon 28 13 7 8 37 30 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 3 5 19 17 7 46
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 27 12 8 7 38 28 13 5 5 3 18 17 14 7 3 4 20 11 10 44
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 27 13 4 10 44 31 13 8 1 4 25 13 14 5 3 6 19 18 13 43
5 Hapoel Afula 28 11 10 7 36 27 14 9 3 2 27 12 14 2 7 5 9 15 9 43
6 Hapoel Ashkelon 28 10 11 7 31 31 14 6 5 3 21 18 14 4 6 4 10 13 0 41
7 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 28 11 6 11 38 36 14 8 4 2 24 12 14 3 2 9 14 24 2 39
8 Hapoel Ramat Gan 28 9 11 8 33 32 14 3 7 4 14 17 14 6 4 4 19 15 1 38
9 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 28 8 9 11 27 35 14 3 5 6 15 17 14 5 4 5 12 18 -8 33
10 Hapoel Acre 27 6 13 8 23 28 14 3 7 4 13 12 13 3 6 4 10 16 -5 31
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 28 7 10 11 30 38 14 5 3 6 19 19 14 2 7 5 11 19 -8 31
12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 26 11 8 7 36 27 14 7 4 3 21 12 12 4 4 4 15 15 9 30
13 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 28 7 9 12 29 34 14 3 4 7 16 16 14 4 5 5 13 18 -5 30
14 Hapoel Marmorek 28 8 6 14 27 44 14 3 5 6 14 19 14 5 1 8 13 25 -17 30
15 Hapoel Bnei Lod 28 7 8 13 25 36 13 3 3 7 8 13 15 4 5 6 17 23 -11 29
16 Hapoel Iksal 28 7 6 15 28 41 14 6 2 6 16 16 14 1 4 9 12 25 -13 27

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