Liga Leumit match preview: Hapoel Rishon LeZion versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Date: Fri 17.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haberfeld Stadium (6000 seats)

2nd position in the Liga Leumit table for Hapoel Rishon LeZion so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Hapoel Nazareth Illit visits Haberfeld Stadium.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Happy days for Hapoel Rishon LeZion in their previous game, a Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Acre (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Kafr Qasim.

Hapoel Rishon LeZion have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Haberfeld Stadium with 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have conceded 9 goals.

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Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Leumit travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a State Cup home defeat versus Maccabi Petah Tikva with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Nazareth Illit - Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 0 draws and 5 wins for Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Rishon LeZionM. Maman
M. Maman
7 goals
Hapoel Rishon LeZionG. Itzhak
G. Itzhak
7 goals
Hapoel Rishon LeZionI. Shviro
I. Shviro
4 goals

Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players

Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players

Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
11 4 2 Won W 0 3 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
28 15 5 Scored S 2 10 22
18 9 2 Conceded C 3 8 19
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 84%
68% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 58%
42% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 21%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 11%
42% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 47%
47% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 26%
16% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 42%
 
5.3 5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.9
4.4 5.7 7.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6 4.9
2.4 1.7 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
210 110 39 Total Shots T S 14 67 149
89 50 14 Shots on Target S O 5 29 71
31% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 31%
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Maccabi Petah Tikva 19 12 5 2 41 20 10 8 1 1 28 13 9 4 4 1 13 7 21 41
2 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 19 11 4 4 28 18 9 4 3 2 15 9 10 7 1 2 13 9 10 37
3 Hapoel Katamon 19 10 5 4 24 15 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 6 1 2 13 6 9 35
4 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 19 8 6 5 25 23 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 3 4 3 10 13 2 30
5 Hapoel Ramat Gan 19 8 5 6 25 16 9 6 1 2 16 6 10 2 4 4 9 10 9 29
6 Bnei Sakhnin 19 8 5 6 27 24 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 3 3 4 13 13 3 29
7 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 19 8 5 6 29 28 10 6 3 1 18 11 9 2 2 5 11 17 1 29
8 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 19 8 4 7 28 25 10 4 3 3 16 13 9 4 1 4 12 12 3 28
9 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 19 7 6 6 22 19 10 4 4 2 12 11 9 3 2 4 10 8 3 27
10 Hapoel Petah Tikva 19 6 7 6 28 27 9 5 1 3 10 8 10 1 6 3 18 19 1 25
11 Kafr Qasim 19 6 7 6 27 28 9 3 3 3 7 10 10 3 4 3 20 18 -1 25
12 Hapoel Acre 19 5 6 8 18 20 10 5 3 2 16 10 9 0 3 6 2 10 -2 21
13 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 19 3 6 10 21 30 9 3 3 3 11 10 10 0 3 7 10 20 -9 15
14 Hapoel Bnei Lod 19 4 2 13 18 46 9 2 1 6 10 22 10 2 1 7 8 24 -28 14
15 Hapoel Ashkelon 19 6 2 11 20 27 11 3 2 6 10 15 8 3 0 5 10 12 -7 11
16 Hapoel Afula 19 1 7 11 12 27 9 1 5 3 6 10 10 0 2 8 6 17 -15 10