Struggling Hapoel Ra'anana will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Hapoel Ra'anana have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the most points (24) away 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.
Hapoel Ra'anana form and stats
Overall Liga Leumit stats at home this season for Hapoel Ra'anana are 3-6-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ra'anana, their manager E. Shavit and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Ra'anana crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Hapoel Nazareth Illit here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in a Liga Leumit match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Hapoel Petah Tikva with a 1-0 scoreline.
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 (10 from 14 games). 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 12 from 14 matches.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga Leumit matches, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, who have the most points (24) away in Liga Leumit, have produced an overall stat of 7-3-4 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nazareth, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Nazareth goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Nazareth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hapoel Ra'anana (placed 11th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Hapoel Acre.
Nazareth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Nazareth as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hapoel Nazareth Illit - Hapoel Ra'anana 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Ra'anana wins - draws - Hapoel Nazareth Illit wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima Cruz 6 goals |  M. Badarna 5 goals | O. Checkol 5 goals |
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | 37 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 90% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 79% |
| 41% | 33% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 53% | 48% |
| 28% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 31% |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 34% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 33% | 38% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 53% | 55% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 8.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11 | 10.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 21% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 35% |
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hapoel Ra'anana have scored home.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the most points (24) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the most scored goals (20) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Ra'anana have the most points from losing position (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 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 51 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 4 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 43 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Kafr Qasim | 28 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 32 |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 31 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 23 |