Another adrenaline-fuelled fixture as Hapoel Ra'anana entertain Hapoel Afula

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 04.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Stadium Ramat Gan (13800 seats)

It's been rough for Hapoel Ra'anana so far, and the same description fits Hapoel Afula. These weathered teams eye some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Ra'anana have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (46) in Liga Leumit

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.

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Hapoel Ra'anana form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Ra'anana have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

The Hapoel Ra'anana coach Cohen and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 8th).

Before that, Hapoel Ra'anana had a home game versus Hapoel Kfar Saba which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Ra'anana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won four, drawn seven and lost four.

The Ra'anana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Hapoel Afula form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Afula so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose). Hapoel Afula seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The manager Shavit was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Afula Illit Stadium. Afula suffered a 1-3 loss to Kafr Qasim (placed 1st).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Agudat Sport Ashdod.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Afula playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Hapoel Afula wins, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Afula as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. Afula have conceded 31 goals in these games. When Hapoel Afula is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Afula and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Afula - Ra'anana 1-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Previous four meetings featuring these sides: Hapoel Ra'anana won one, Hapoel Afula triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Ra'ananaB. Azubel
B. Azubel
12 goals
Hapoel AfulaS. Hirsh
S. Hirsh
7 goals
Hapoel Ra'ananaP. Olawale
P. Olawale
4 goals

Hapoel Ra'anana missing players

Hapoel Afula missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Afula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
8 4 0 Won W 1 2 9
9 4 2 Drew D 1 1 4
10 5 1 Lost L 1 10 14
27 15 5 Scored S 4 11 28
33 19 6 Conceded C 4 31 46
85% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 81%
41% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 77% 59%
15% 23% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 26%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 11%
48% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 59%
26% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
41% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 30%
 
4.5 4.8 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.6
4.2 4.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.9
2.9 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.5 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.4 8 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.5 6.4
2.9 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 2.9
34% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 36%
 
9.9 10.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.3 9
4.3 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5 4.5
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • 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 conceded goals (31) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (46) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hapoel Ra'anana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hapoel Ra'anana have the most conceded goals (19) at home 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 27 13 8 6 37 25 13 8 3 2 25 15 14 5 5 4 12 10 12 47
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 27 12 9 6 32 22 14 8 3 3 19 11 13 4 6 3 13 11 10 45
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 27 10 11 6 38 26 14 5 6 3 19 11 13 5 5 3 19 15 12 41
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 27 9 11 7 36 28 13 8 4 1 23 8 14 1 7 6 13 20 8 38
5 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 27 9 11 7 34 30 13 7 4 2 22 15 14 2 7 5 12 15 4 38
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 27 9 10 8 24 25 13 7 4 2 15 10 14 2 6 6 9 15 -1 37
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 Rishon LeZion 27 10 6 11 33 35 14 4 4 6 12 17 13 6 2 5 21 18 -2 36
8 Agudat Sport Ashdod 27 8 13 6 32 27 14 6 7 1 22 12 13 2 6 5 10 15 5 35
9 Bnei Yehuda 27 9 8 10 33 29 14 5 4 5 18 15 13 4 4 5 15 14 4 35
10 Hapoel Acre 27 7 12 8 31 24 13 4 7 2 14 8 14 3 5 6 17 16 7 33
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 27 7 12 8 30 35 13 3 7 3 15 16 14 4 5 5 15 19 -5 33
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 27 8 9 10 27 33 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 4 5 5 12 14 -6 33
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 27 7 11 9 28 35 14 2 7 5 11 18 13 5 4 4 17 17 -7 32
14 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 27 8 8 11 26 37 13 6 3 4 14 14 14 2 5 7 12 23 -11 32
15 Hapoel Afula 27 9 4 14 28 46 14 7 3 4 17 15 13 2 1 10 11 31 -18 31
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 27 5 9 13 28 40 14 2 6 6 14 18 13 3 3 7 14 22 -12 24

Table
  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 27 13 8 6 37 25 13 8 3 2 25 15 14 5 5 4 12 10 12 47
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 27 12 9 6 32 22 14 8 3 3 19 11 13 4 6 3 13 11 10 45
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 27 10 11 6 38 26 14 5 6 3 19 11 13 5 5 3 19 15 12 41
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 27 9 11 7 36 28 13 8 4 1 23 8 14 1 7 6 13 20 8 38
5 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 27 9 11 7 34 30 13 7 4 2 22 15 14 2 7 5 12 15 4 38
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 27 9 10 8 24 25 13 7 4 2 15 10 14 2 6 6 9 15 -1 37
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 Rishon LeZion 27 10 6 11 33 35 14 4 4 6 12 17 13 6 2 5 21 18 -2 36
8 Agudat Sport Ashdod 27 8 13 6 32 27 14 6 7 1 22 12 13 2 6 5 10 15 5 35
9 Bnei Yehuda 27 9 8 10 33 29 14 5 4 5 18 15 13 4 4 5 15 14 4 35
10 Hapoel Acre 27 7 12 8 31 24 13 4 7 2 14 8 14 3 5 6 17 16 7 33
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 27 7 12 8 30 35 13 3 7 3 15 16 14 4 5 5 15 19 -5 33
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 27 8 9 10 27 33 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 4 5 5 12 14 -6 33
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 27 7 11 9 28 35 14 2 7 5 11 18 13 5 4 4 17 17 -7 32
14 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 27 8 8 11 26 37 13 6 3 4 14 14 14 2 5 7 12 23 -11 32
15 Hapoel Afula 27 9 4 14 28 46 14 7 3 4 17 15 13 2 1 10 11 31 -18 31
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 27 5 9 13 28 40 14 2 6 6 14 18 13 3 3 7 14 22 -12 24

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