Hapoel Ramat Gan vs Hapoel Rishon LeZion match preview: Even contest expected at National Stadium Ramat Gan

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Stadium Ramat Gan (13800 seats)

Liga Leumit: The middle-of-the-table placements highlight the path Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Rishon LeZion have been on uptil now. Both teams are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Hapoel Ramat Gan have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Liga Leumit. That game was an away game at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, so at least Ramat are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Hapoel Ramat Gan form and stats

With 2 Liga Leumit wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Hapoel Ramat Gan, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Liga Leumit, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Hapoel Ramat Gan have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Ramat are returning here after visiting Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Korine (2) and Dror scored the goal(s).

1-1 away at Kafr Qasim before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hapoel Ramat Gan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn six and lost six.

Hapoel Ramat Gan aren't scoring a lot here at National Stadium Ramat Gan in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats

Playing away, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga Leumit this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Rishon in their previous game as they lost hosting Hapoel Petah Tikva, 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Acre that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Rishon LeZion playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were five Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins, eight draws and three defeats.

Rishon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. 19 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Rishon LeZion in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent game: Hapoel Rishon LeZion - Hapoel Ramat Gan 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Ramat wins - draws - Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Ramat GanM. Maman
M. Maman
9 goals
Hapoel Rishon LeZionD. Kadur
D. Kadur
7 goals
Hapoel Ramat GanS. Dror
S. Dror
6 goals

Hapoel Ramat Gan missing players

Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players

Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
8 2 0 Won W 2 6 10
12 7 3 Drew D 1 3 7
9 5 1 Lost L 1 5 12
33 11 3 Scored S 8 22 36
38 18 5 Conceded C 6 19 37
86% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 72%
38% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 41%
24% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 24%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 14%
59% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 52%
28% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 24%
28% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 28%
 
4 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 4.6
4.4 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.7 4.8
2.3 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.6 8.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.3 9.3
3.5 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 3.7
32% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 40% 33%
 
8.8 9.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 8.7 8.1
3.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Ramat Gan have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Maccabi Bnei Raina 29 14 9 6 34 22 15 9 3 3 20 11 14 5 6 3 14 11 12 51
2 Kafr Qasim 29 13 10 6 39 27 14 8 4 2 26 16 15 5 6 4 13 11 12 49
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 29 10 12 7 41 30 14 8 5 1 24 9 15 2 7 6 17 21 11 42
4 Hapoel Kfar Saba 29 10 12 7 39 28 15 5 6 4 19 12 14 5 6 3 20 16 11 42
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 29 10 11 8 25 25 14 7 5 2 15 10 15 3 6 6 10 15 0 41
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 29 9 14 6 34 28 15 7 7 1 23 12 14 2 7 5 11 16 6 39
6 Hapoel Iksal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 29 9 12 8 35 34 14 7 5 2 23 16 15 2 7 6 12 18 1 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 29 9 10 10 33 29 15 5 5 5 18 15 14 4 5 5 15 14 4 37
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 4 4 7 14 18 14 6 3 5 22 19 -1 37
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 29 8 12 9 33 38 14 2 7 5 11 18 15 6 5 4 22 20 -5 36
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 9 9 11 27 37 14 6 4 4 14 14 15 3 5 7 13 23 -10 36
12 Hapoel Acre 29 7 13 9 32 26 14 4 8 2 15 9 15 3 5 7 17 17 6 34
13 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 29 7 13 9 30 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 19 -6 34
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 29 8 10 11 29 36 15 4 5 6 17 22 14 4 5 5 12 14 -7 34
15 Hapoel Afula 29 10 4 15 31 51 15 7 3 5 18 19 14 3 1 10 13 32 -20 34
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 29 5 10 14 30 44 15 2 6 7 16 22 14 3 4 7 14 22 -14 25