Liga Leumit duel: Close contest expected between Hapoel Ramat HaSharon and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lod Municipal Stadium

In total; 30 matches are finished and Hapoel Ramat HaSharon are 1 points in front of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Liga Leumit

Nazareth are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hapoel Ramat HaSharon form and stats

4-7-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Ramat HaSharon so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Lod Municipal Stadium.

The home team returns to Lod Municipal Stadium after drawing with Hapoel Rishon LeZion on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hapoel Ra'anana.

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 HaSharon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost eight.

The HaSharon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose). Momentum is building for Nazareth in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

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. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth goalkeeper Omar Nahfawi is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won their last game, 3-0 versus Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hapoel Rishon LeZion at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Nazareth in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, six draws and twelve defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games. More than 35 percent, thus 11 goals, were conceded after 80 minutes had passed.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1-2 was the product when these teams last did battle, also in this season. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Azzam (Maccabi Ahi Nazareth). Previous ten meetings with these contenders: HaSharon won four, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were winners in six and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Ahi NazarethA. Abed
A. Abed
10 goals
Hapoel Ramat HaSharonE. Mashali
E. Mashali
9 goals
Hapoel Ramat HaSharonO. Ostaynd
O. Ostaynd
7 goals

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
9 5 2 Won W 3 4 11
14 7 2 Drew D 2 5 9
9 4 1 Lost L 1 7 12
38 21 5 Scored S 5 14 32
38 17 4 Conceded C 4 23 39
81% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 81%
72% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 59%
47% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 50% 50%
25% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 22%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
44% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 41%
34% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 41%
41% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 38%
 
3.8 3.8 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 4.5
5.7 5.9 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.4 6.1
2.6 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.5
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.3 7.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.6 8.6
3.8 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.5
31% 35% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 29%
 
8.3 8.2 5.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.4 9.5
3.6 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Liga Leumit

  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