Hapoel Petah Tikva will hope to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The host team are currently 6 points behind Sektzia Nes Tziona.
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most scored goals (31) in Liga Leumit
Hapoel Petah Tikva and Sektzia Nes Tziona 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.
Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Petah Tikva at their home stadium is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Hapoel Petah Tikva manager Tzalpepe and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hapoel Ra'anana (placed 10th) in the Liga Leumit.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hapoel Afula in a game that was won 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Petah Tikva as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the Liga Leumit. That match is four days after this one.
The Hapoel Petah Tikva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hapoel Petah Tikva are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
There's been little loot from Sektzia Nes Tziona's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Liga Leumit. Sektzia Nes Tziona only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.
Sektzia Nes Tziona played 0-0 against Hapoel Acre in their previous match.
Before that, Sektzia travelled to Hapoel Ramat HaSharon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.Sektzia Nes Tziona find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Sektzia Nes Tziona rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sektzia Nes Tziona - Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0 was the output when these sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Previous seven meetings featuring these contenders: Hapoel Petah Tikva won one, Sektzia Nes Tziona triumphed in five and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Biton 13 goals |  A. Tadale 5 goals |  M. Fadida 4 goals |
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 31 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 20 |
| 80% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 50% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 35% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 45% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 25% |
| 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.2 | 8.5 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | 41% |
| 7.2 | 7.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Petah Tikva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Petah Tikva.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most scored goals (31) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 | Kafr Qasim | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Hapoel Acre | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
