There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Liga Leumit table so far. Here's the Hapoel Ramat Gan - Hapoel Afula latest:
- Hapoel Ramat Gan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hapoel Afula have the fewest points (10) away in Liga Leumit
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
The season is still full of potential for Hapoel Ramat Gan as they can still win the whole Liga Leumit. Hapoel Afula are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Hapoel Ramat Gan form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Ramat Gan have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.
An away draw last time out for Ramat, facing Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in a game that ended 3-3. Before that, Ramat had a home game versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm which ended with a victory 3-0.
A disappointing finish for Hapoel Ramat Gan in their match versus Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. A goal frenzy last time out for Hapoel Ramat Gan, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla. Fun stuff to watch!
Ramat are traveling soon after this match as the State Cup match at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla awaits in three days.
The Ramat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Ramat 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 7 from 12 matches.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
There's been little loot from Hapoel Afula's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Liga Leumit. Hapoel Afula, who have the fewest points (10) away in Liga Leumit, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
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. Hapoel Afula goalkeeper Yosi Ginzburg is eager to challenge this, with his 266 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from D. Bitton and G. Dahan (3) secured the home win 3-0 against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in their previous game. A 0-0 draw at Hapoel Katamon's stadium before that.
It's hard not to mention G. Dahan's lethal finishing against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The attacking power of Afula when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Afula have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 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 Afula - Ramat 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Ramat, three draws and six wins for Hapoel Afula. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maman 8 goals | Y. Abuhatzira 6 goals |   D. Biton 5 goals |
Hapoel Ramat Gan missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 27 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 56% | 58% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 9.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 26% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 31% |
- Hapoel Afula have the fewest points (10) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Ramat Gan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Ramat Gan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hapoel Ramat Gan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hapoel Afula have scored away.
| 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 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Iksal | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 38 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 25 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 24 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -18 | 21 |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 20 |