Liga Leumit: Two contenders in fair shape get together for this match. Maccabi Petah Tikva have a slight edge with their 2nd position in the league table?
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most scored goals (31) in Liga Leumit
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga Leumit game only four days ago.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
Rishon lost their last game at Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 16th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league fixtures.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bnei Yehuda in a game that was won 1-0.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Rishon LeZion as they are travelling to their away game against Ironi Tiberias in the Liga Leumit. That match is four days after this one.
Rishon are not conceding a lot of goals here at Haberfeld Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
5-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maccabi Petah Tikva in their Liga Leumit matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Maccabi Petah Tikva's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Maccabi had fun at their own home (Haberfeld Stadium) last time out, beating Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 3-2. That victory felt nice as this club had gone five league matches without winning.
Ahead of that, the State Cup victory away at Sektzia Nes Tziona.
Take note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Maccabi Petah Tikva are hosting Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Liga Leumit only four days away.
Maccabi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Maccabi Petah Tikva have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Petah Tikva have avoided a loss in the last 11 matches (4-7-0) facing Hapoel Rishon LeZion.Here's the final score when the squads met earlier this campaign; Maccabi Petah Tikva - Rishon 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Ben Chaim 8 goals |  I. Shkurin 7 goals |  M. Bamba 6 goals |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 83% |
| 28% | 11% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 67% |
| 17% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 28% | 11% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 8.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | 44% |
| 6.2 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most scored goals (17) away in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most scored goals (31) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Tiberias | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Hapoel Acre | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Hapoel Afula | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -16 | 4 |
