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 Sektzia Nes Tziona will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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
The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Ra'anana at their home stadium (National Stadium Ramat Gan) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Hapoel Ra'anana, facing Hapoel Ramat Gan in a game that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Hapoel Ra'anana hosted Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and drew the game 0-0.
There will be little rest for Hapoel Ra'anana after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Iksal for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
Hapoel Ra'anana has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. Defensively Hapoel Ra'anana have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
Sektzia Nes Tziona are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga Leumit, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Hapoel Nazareth Illit in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hapoel Petah Tikva at their stadium, the result 1-0.
A new game in only four days for Sektzia Nes Tziona, the Liga Leumit home match versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. Busy days.
Sektzia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Sektzia have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Ra'anana, four draws and two wins for Sektzia Nes Tziona. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Galili 3 goals |  R. Herman 2 goals | W. Darwish 2 goals |
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | 38 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 36 | 84 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 16 | 42 |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 19% | 26% |
- Hapoel Ra'anana has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Ramat Gan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Hapoel Iksal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Hapoel Katamon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |