Struggling Hapoel Ra'anana will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Katamon in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga Leumit
It's no vacation for neither Ra'anana nor Hapoel Katamon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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 1 victory, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Hapoel Ra'anana are slowly digging their own grave here at National Stadium Ramat Gan with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Hapoel Ramat HaSharon match.
Ra'anana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (0-1). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
There will be little rest for Ra'anana after this match as they are travelling to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
Ra'anana aren't scoring a lot here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ra'anana have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
4-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Katamon, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga Leumit, in their Liga Leumit matches away. Things are running smoothly for Katamon who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
I. Shemesh and M. Gerassi scored in Katamon's previous match, the home game against Hapoel Nazareth Illit that ended 2-1. Prior to that result Katamon won their away game at Hapoel Petah Tikva. The scoreline was 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in just four days.
Hapoel Katamon find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hapoel Katamon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hapoel Katamon - Hapoel Ra'anana 0-3 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shemesh 11 goals |  M. Badarna 5 goals | B. Mizan 4 goals |
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 85% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 60% | 74% |
| 45% | 30% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 53% |
| 30% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 40% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 68% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 10 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.4 | 8.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 17% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | 33% |
- Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon has the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon has the the best goal difference (+16) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hapoel Ra'anana have scored home.
- Hapoel Katamon is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 Katamon | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Hapoel Afula | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 13 |