Read up on this engrossing game in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Petah Tikva is in the 2nd place after playing three games. They greet Hapoel Kfar Saba who are placed 3rd after three fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats
Only two Liga Leumit home games for Hapoel Petah Tikva so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Hapoel Petah Tikva fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at HaMoshava Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Hapoel Kfar Saba (placed 3rd). The first loss after going unbeaten in three league matches.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.Early season league goal statistics from Hapoel Petah Tikva's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Hapoel Kfar Saba are yet to lose a point on their Liga Leumit travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Momentum is building for Kfar in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Hapoel Kfar Saba, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Hapoel Petah Tikva (placed 2nd) last time out.
A loss against Hapoel Ramat Gan was the result prior to that, in a home game.2 goals so far away for Hapoel Kfar Saba, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Kfar Saba have won or drawn the last 5 matches (3-2-0) facing Hapoel Petah Tikva.The squads have played each other previously this season, with the final score Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Kfar Saba 0-1 registered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 2 goals | Y. Cohen 1 goals |  E. Rohana 1 goals |
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 7 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Last season | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 28 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 62% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 38% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 41% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 24% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 14% | ||
| 46% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 57% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 27% | ||
| 38% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 22% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 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 Nazareth Illit | 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 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 64 |
| 2 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 61 |
| 3 | Kafr Qasim | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 61 |
| 4 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 52 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 43 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 42 |
