It's only the second fixture in the Liga Leumit for these teams. and it's all to play for here at Haberfeld Stadium as Hapoel Rishon LeZion host Kafr Qasim. Get smart with this preview!
The visiting Kafr Qasim played their last game only three days ago, a Liga Leumit match.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
Last season, Hapoel Rishon LeZion's league stats were 9 wins, 15 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 7th place in the Liga Leumit. From these 30 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 27. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Hapoel Rishon LeZion generated 6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 12 conceded.
Happy days for Rishon in their previous game, a Liga Leumit match away at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, Hapoel Rishon LeZion lost 1-3 at home to Hapoel Nazareth Illit.Kafr Qasim form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kafr Qasim performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 14 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.
Qasim go into this game after a win, the home game against Sektzia Nes Tziona that ended 2-0.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Rishon two wins, one draw and Kafr Qasim two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
Kafr Qasim missing players
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Kafr Qasim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Last season | Kafr Qasim | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 81% | ||
| 65% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 62% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 51% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 35% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | ||
| 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 Rishon LeZion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Kafr Qasim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 37 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 31 | 127 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 52 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 125 |
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -1 | 105 |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 95 |
| 5 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 95 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 90 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 88 |
| 8 | Hapoel Iksal | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 67 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | -23 | 87 |