Liga Leumit game sneak peek: Hapoel Rishon LeZion versus Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

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

Loyal fans at Haberfeld Stadium haven’t seen many victories this season, with Hapoel Rishon LeZion rotting in the 11th position. The opposing Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa will try to shield their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Hapoel Rishon LeZion have had a bad season and will be relegated from Liga Leumit. Maccabi are staying put at 6th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.

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Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Rishon LeZion at their home stadium (Haberfeld Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. The last three games played by Hapoel Rishon LeZion, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Hapoel Rishon LeZion drew their last game, also a home match. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (placed 6th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.

Before that, Rishon played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Kafr Qasim (after extra-time).

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 21 games. Hapoel Rishon LeZion has won 5 of these, drawn 8 and lost 8.

18 goals have been conceded.

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Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa form and stats

6-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa in their Liga Leumit matches away.

Maccabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Hapoel Rishon LeZion (placed 11th).

A 0-3 loss hosting Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (after extra-time) before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have scored 22 goals in 15 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Maccabi in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded history between these sides is the Hapoel Rishon LeZion - Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 2-2 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Hapoel Rishon LeZion one win, two draws and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RishonM. Bamba
M. Bamba
14 goals
Maccabi Kabilio JaffaD. Gabay
D. Gabay
10 goals
Maccabi Kabilio JaffaJ. Welo Lupeta
J. Welo Lupeta
7 goals

Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa missing players

Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
9 6 2 Won W 4 6 13
8 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
13 7 2 Lost L 0 5 12
33 15 2 Scored S 14 22 42
38 18 4 Conceded C 3 18 42
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 93%
63% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 73%
43% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 53%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 33%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 20% 20%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 50%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 23%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 33%
 
4.5 5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 3.5
2.7 3.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.1 4.1
2 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.6 2.4
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
6.5 8.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.3 8.6
2.6 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.9
44% 39% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 44% 39%
 
6 8.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.6 11.3
2.4 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 5.1
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • 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 30 19 4 7 57 30 15 10 3 2 25 13 15 9 1 5 32 17 27 61
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 18 6 6 48 25 15 8 3 4 23 12 15 10 3 2 25 13 23 60
3 Ironi Tiberias 30 15 10 5 50 29 15 9 4 2 26 10 15 6 6 3 24 19 21 55
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 14 9 7 37 21 15 8 4 3 19 9 15 6 5 4 18 12 16 51
5 Hapoel Acre 30 13 8 9 38 31 15 8 3 4 19 14 15 5 5 5 19 17 7 47
6 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 30 13 5 12 42 42 15 7 1 7 20 24 15 6 4 5 22 18 0 44
7 Bnei Yehuda 29 11 7 11 41 37 15 6 4 5 26 22 14 5 3 6 15 15 4 40
8 Hapoel Afula 30 10 9 11 37 36 15 8 6 1 24 11 15 2 3 10 13 25 1 39
9 Hapoel Kfar Saba 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 2 8 16 23 14 6 4 4 17 15 -3 39
10 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 29 9 8 12 28 32 14 4 4 6 12 14 15 5 4 6 16 16 -4 35
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 9 8 13 33 38 15 6 2 7 15 18 15 3 6 6 18 20 -5 35
12 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 10 5 14 28 40 14 6 2 6 17 19 15 4 3 8 11 21 -12 35
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 10 12 30 40 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 5 3 7 13 18 -10 34
14 Kafr Qasim 30 7 12 11 33 35 15 3 9 3 19 17 15 4 3 8 14 18 -2 33
15 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 29 6 6 17 27 53 14 5 2 7 14 24 15 1 4 10 12 29 -26 24
16 Agudat Sport Ashdod 29 4 7 18 20 57 15 4 4 7 14 23 14 0 3 11 6 33 -37 7