Liga Leumit match prediction: Little separates Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Bnei Raina in quality

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

This could be a great game, with Hapoel Petah Tikva placed 5th and Maccabi Bnei Raina in 1st. Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Leumit

Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Bnei Raina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Petah Tikva have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 14 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Petah, as their goalkeeper Omer Katz has completely shut out the opponents for 276 minutes in the Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Petah Tikva enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hapoel Rishon LeZion's place. The match ended 1-0 with Davidov scoring.

In the match before that, Petah hosted Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla and drew the game 0-0.

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 16 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost seven.

Hapoel Petah Tikva has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Petah have conceded only 10 goals.

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Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats

5-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maccabi Bnei Raina in their Liga Leumit matches away.

Maccabi Bnei Raina have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Muhamad Abu Nil. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Leumit.

The followers enjoyed Maccabi Bnei Raina's previous match versus Hapoel Acre (placed 12th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hapoel Ramat HaSharon at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Maccabi Bnei Raina playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Maccabi Bnei Raina wins, two draws and two defeats.

Maccabi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Maccabi Bnei Raina - Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Bnei RainaR. Messika
R. Messika
11 goals
Maccabi Bnei RainaJ. da Silva
J. da Silva
10 goals
Maccabi Bnei RainaB. Kuku
B. Kuku
8 goals

Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players

Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players

Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Bnei Raina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
10 7 2 Won W 0 5 14
11 5 1 Drew D 1 6 9
8 2 0 Lost L 2 3 6
25 15 4 Scored S 2 14 34
25 10 2 Conceded C 5 11 22
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
55% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 72%
31% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 28%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 3%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
45% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 38%
34% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 48%
41% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 28%
 
4.4 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.2
4.1 3.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.1
2.3 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.5 8.2 4.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.4 9.8
3.2 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.1 3.9
27% 32% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 30%
 
7.4 7.1 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 7.2 7.1
3.2 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 2.8
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Bnei Raina 29 14 9 6 34 22 15 9 3 3 20 11 14 5 6 3 14 11 12 51
2 Kafr Qasim 29 13 10 6 39 27 14 8 4 2 26 16 15 5 6 4 13 11 12 49
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 29 10 12 7 41 30 14 8 5 1 24 9 15 2 7 6 17 21 11 42
4 Hapoel Kfar Saba 29 10 12 7 39 28 15 5 6 4 19 12 14 5 6 3 20 16 11 42
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 29 10 11 8 25 25 14 7 5 2 15 10 15 3 6 6 10 15 0 41
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 29 9 14 6 34 28 15 7 7 1 23 12 14 2 7 5 11 16 6 39
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 Umm al-Fahm 29 9 12 8 35 34 14 7 5 2 23 16 15 2 7 6 12 18 1 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 29 9 10 10 33 29 15 5 5 5 18 15 14 4 5 5 15 14 4 37
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 4 4 7 14 18 14 6 3 5 22 19 -1 37
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 29 8 12 9 33 38 14 2 7 5 11 18 15 6 5 4 22 20 -5 36
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 9 9 11 27 37 14 6 4 4 14 14 15 3 5 7 13 23 -10 36
12 Hapoel Acre 29 7 13 9 32 26 14 4 8 2 15 9 15 3 5 7 17 17 6 34
13 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 29 7 13 9 30 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 19 -6 34
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 29 8 10 11 29 36 15 4 5 6 17 22 14 4 5 5 12 14 -7 34
15 Hapoel Afula 29 10 4 15 31 51 15 7 3 5 18 19 14 3 1 10 13 32 -20 34
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 29 5 10 14 30 44 15 2 6 7 16 22 14 3 4 7 14 22 -14 25