A new Liga Leumit season is about to unfold and this is the first real fixture for Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Kfar Saba. Let's start!
Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Kfar Saba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
The season before, Hapoel Rishon LeZion's league stats were 10 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, ending with 9th position in the Liga Leumit. Over these 30 matches they scored 37 goals and let in 38. Playing as the home side in the former season Hapoel Rishon LeZion produced 4-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 18 conceded.
The first defeat after collecting points through four league games.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Rishon LeZion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Rishon LeZion as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Hapoel Rishon LeZion has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hapoel Rishon LeZion scored 1 goal and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Kfar Saba performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 12 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 20/20 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Hapoel Kfar Saba in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Hapoel Kfar Saba, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Rishon won four, Hapoel Kfar Saba triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Last season | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 28 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 38% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 24% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 14% | ||
| 51% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 57% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 27% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 22% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Acre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Afula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ironi Tiberias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kafr Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 2 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 46 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 33 |