Liga Leumit: Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Umm al-Fahm pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: HaMoshava Stadium (11500 seats)

Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm are both successful in the Liga Leumit with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a super match!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Liga Leumit

Hapoel Petah Tikva are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. al-Fahm have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 4th place no matter what happens.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.

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Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hapoel Petah Tikva have to build on here at HaMoshava Stadium in the Liga Leumit.

The Hapoel Petah Tikva followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Hapoel Umm al-Fahm and win 2-0.

Before that match, a win away at Hapoel Afula (after extra-time).

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 Hapoel Petah Tikva have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Petah have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at HaMoshava Stadium with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Hapoel Petah Tikva are not conceding a lot of goals here at HaMoshava Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hapoel Umm al-Fahm form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hapoel Umm al-Fahm playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season.

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Hapoel Petah Tikva (placed 2nd).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Hapoel Ramat Gan (after extra-time).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with al-Fahm playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league games featuring this club have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have scored 18 goals in 15 league games away. It's not easy to score on Hapoel Umm al-Fahm as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games featuring these sides have all ended as Petah victories. Are we destined for another one?

The teams involved met each other earlier this match year: Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Petah TikvaR. Stein
R. Stein
10 goals
Hapoel Petah TikvaI. Shemesh
I. Shemesh
9 goals
Hapoel Umm al-FahmG. Itzhak
G. Itzhak
7 goals

Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm missing players

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 15 30
18 8 1 Won W 2 6 14
6 3 2 Drew D 0 5 9
6 4 0 Lost L 1 4 7
48 23 5 Scored S 2 18 37
25 12 4 Conceded C 1 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 73% 70%
40% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 17%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 7%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
43% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 33%
37% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 47%
20% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 23%
 
5.2 4.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.4 4.4
3.9 3.8 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.3 2.3 2.7
2.3 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 8.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 7.1 8.7
3.9 4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.9
39% 39% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 29%
 
6.1 5.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 1 5.4 6.9
2.4 2.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.3 1.9 2.2
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Liga Leumit

  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 30 19 4 7 57 30 15 10 3 2 25 13 15 9 1 5 32 17 27 61
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 18 6 6 48 25 15 8 3 4 23 12 15 10 3 2 25 13 23 60
3 Ironi Tiberias 30 15 10 5 50 29 15 9 4 2 26 10 15 6 6 3 24 19 21 55
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 14 9 7 37 21 15 8 4 3 19 9 15 6 5 4 18 12 16 51
5 Hapoel Acre 30 13 8 9 38 31 15 8 3 4 19 14 15 5 5 5 19 17 7 47
6 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 30 13 5 12 42 42 15 7 1 7 20 24 15 6 4 5 22 18 0 44
7 Bnei Yehuda 29 11 7 11 41 37 15 6 4 5 26 22 14 5 3 6 15 15 4 40
8 Hapoel Afula 30 10 9 11 37 36 15 8 6 1 24 11 15 2 3 10 13 25 1 39
9 Hapoel Kfar Saba 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 2 8 16 23 14 6 4 4 17 15 -3 39
10 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 29 9 8 12 28 32 14 4 4 6 12 14 15 5 4 6 16 16 -4 35
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 9 8 13 33 38 15 6 2 7 15 18 15 3 6 6 18 20 -5 35
12 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 10 5 14 28 40 14 6 2 6 17 19 15 4 3 8 11 21 -12 35
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 10 12 30 40 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 5 3 7 13 18 -10 34
14 Kafr Qasim 30 7 12 11 33 35 15 3 9 3 19 17 15 4 3 8 14 18 -2 33
15 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 29 6 6 17 27 53 14 5 2 7 14 24 15 1 4 10 12 29 -26 24
16 Agudat Sport Ashdod 29 4 7 18 20 57 15 4 4 7 14 23 14 0 3 11 6 33 -37 7