Season ticket holders at National Stadium Ramat Gan haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hapoel Ra'anana languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Hapoel Afula will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a State Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Maccabi Haifa. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Ra'anana have had a bad season and will be relegated from Liga Leumit. Afula are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Hapoel Ra'anana form and stats
Hapoel Ra'anana's results here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in the Liga Leumit have been very modest with 3 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Ra'anana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hapoel Petah Tikva (0-1). Ahead of that match, Ra'anana won a home game hosting Hapoel Acre (4-2).
There will be little rest for Hapoel Ra'anana after this match as they are travelling to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ra'anana here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 15 games). Hapoel Ra'anana are not conceding a lot of goals here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
There's been little loot from Hapoel Afula's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Afula only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.
There might be some fixture complaints from Afula as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the State Cup match against Maccabi Haifa (1-3). Before that, Afula secured a home win against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with the score 5-0.
After this away game Hapoel Afula return home for a Liga Leumit game against Kafr Qasim. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Afula have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Afula - Hapoel Ra'anana 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Ra'anana-Hapoel Afula H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Ra'anana zero wins, Hapoel Afula one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Biton 8 goals |   M. Badarna 7 goals | G. Dahan 5 goals |
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 34 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 30 |
| 91% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | 62% |
| 34% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 27% | 28% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 12% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 34% |
| 25% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 44% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 34% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 26% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 34% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 57 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 54 |
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 46 |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Kafr Qasim | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 31 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 27 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 26 |