The season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, loss and gain leading to mid-table places so far. Get ready for Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Afula!
- Hapoel Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Afula have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga Leumit
Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Petah Tikva have to build on here at HaMoshava Stadium in the Liga Leumit.
The spoils were shared in Hapoel Petah Tikva's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hapoel Acre (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Hapoel Ramat Gan the opponent.Sports betting people who prefer betting for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The manager Tzalpepe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to MS Tira in only four days.
Hapoel Petah Tikva are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Petah are not conceding a lot of goals here at HaMoshava Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
There's been little loot from Hapoel Afula's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Afula only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Hapoel Afula as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kafr Qasim match.
There were no winners in Hapoel Afula's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Hapoel Ramat Gan (placed 11th).
Prior to that match, the Afula manager Weisinger faced defeat when travelling to Hapoel Rishon LeZion and losing 0-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Hapoel Afula are hosting Hapoel Tel Aviv in the State Cup only four days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Afula, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hapoel Petah Tikva three wins, four draws and Hapoel Afula three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 6 goals |  S. Hirsh 4 goals |  R. Zikri 3 goals |
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 77% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 46% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 23% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 8.9 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 32% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 28% | 39% |
| 8 | 7.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Hapoel Afula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hapoel Afula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hapoel Afula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Afula have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game away.
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hapoel 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Ironi Tiberias | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -12 | -1 |
