Liga Leumit: Two contenders in fairly good form get together for this fixture. Hapoel Rishon LeZion could have a small upper hand with their 5th spot in the league table?
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Doha Stadium as Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have scored 11 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Liga Leumit are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The al-Fahm goalkeeper Tal Bomshtein is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 320 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm drew their last game, 0-0 away at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (placed 12th).
Before that, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm had a home game versus Maccabi Ahi Nazareth which ended with a victory 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with al-Fahm perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Umm al-Fahm as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Hapoel Umm al-Fahm has won 4 of these, drawn 7 and lost 7.
Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Doha Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have conceded only 4 goals.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
Playing away, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga Leumit this season.
The Rishon goalkeeper Avichay Dahan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Hapoel Rishon LeZion's previous game versus Hapoel Afula (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home.
Before that, the victory at home against Hapoel Acre in the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit (2-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Rishon LeZion playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 7 Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Rishon find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hapoel Rishon LeZion have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Rishon LeZion have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing al-Fahm.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bamba 5 goals |  R. Messika 3 goals | A. Mahamid 3 goals |
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm missing players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 12.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 23% | 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 5.6 | 7.6 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
- All of Hapoel Umm al-Fahm's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Ironi Tiberias | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 9 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -12 | -1 |
