The stage is set for Liga Leumit and Hapoel Ramat HaSharon - Hapoel Ra'anana. In this super-preview you'll find numbers, scores, analysis, tendencies and news!
Ra'anana are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
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 have played 15 Liga Leumit games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon are confident in defense, having played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon last time playing, versus Hapoel Kfar Saba. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Tiram, Bari, Mashali and Ostaynd scoring for the victors.
Before that, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Bnei Yehuda.This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Ramat HaSharon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Ramat HaSharon as a small favourite), we find 18 games. HaSharon has won five of these, drawn five and lost eight.
The manager Levy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hapoel Rishon LeZion in only four days.
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hapoel Ra'anana form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Leumit.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ra'anana, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Sektzia Nes Tziona.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kafr Qasim.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Hapoel Ra'anana in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hapoel Ra'anana, four draws and eleven defeats.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hapoel Ra'anana have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Hapoel Ra'anana - HaSharon 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Hapoel Ramat HaSharon wins - draws - Hapoel Ra'anana wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Azubel 13 goals |  E. Mashali 9 goals | P. Olawale 6 goals |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon missing players
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | Hapoel Ra'anana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 36 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 80% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 70% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| 47% | 47% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 43% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 43% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 53% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 23% |
| 43% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 37% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 7.7 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7 | 7.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 29% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | 35% |
| 8.6 | 8.1 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 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 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 51 |
| 2 | Kafr Qasim | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 50 |
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 37 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 34 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 26 |
