The league table in Liga Leumit tells a story about these teams so far, with Hapoel Ramat HaSharon leading Hapoel Afula by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon form and stats
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Liga Leumit, must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Liga Leumit games here at Yankele Grundman Stadium. Two draws in a row at home now for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.
Stress levels are on the rise for HaSharon's attacking players as they have now played 334 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Da Costa was their last goal scorer.
HaSharon lost their last game at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that, HaSharon drew at home versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
There will be little rest for HaSharon after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Rishon LeZion for a Liga Leumit game in only three days.
HaSharon aren't scoring a lot here at Yankele Grundman Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. HaSharon have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Leumit. Three has not been a lucky number for Afula as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Hapoel Umm al-Fahm match. Hapoel Afula has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
G. Dahan was the last player to score for the away team. Afula haven't scored a league goal in the last 269 minutes.
Hapoel Afula's previous game was their home loss versus Hapoel Rishon LeZion (0-1). Prior to that match, the Afula manager S. Dora faced defeat when travelling to Hapoel Acre and losing 0-2.
Hapoel Afula were so close to getting something from the game against Hapoel Rishon LeZion, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
A new game in only three days for Hapoel Afula, the Liga Leumit home match versus Hapoel Katamon. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Afula as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Hapoel Afula's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): HaSharon won six games, one match ended with a draw and Hapoel Afula has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. El-Khatib 2 goals | Y. Cohen 2 goals |  M. Plenckauskas Cordeiro 2 goals |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 57 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 36 | 54 |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 37% |
- All of Hapoel Afula's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Afula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game.
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Ramat HaSharon has the most clean sheets (4) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Ramat HaSharon have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 Iksal | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Hapoel Katamon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |