Kafr Qasim vs Hapoel Katamon: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lod Municipal Stadium (4000 seats)

Struggling Kafr Qasim will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hapoel Katamon in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Kafr Qasim has the fewest scored goals (9) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga Leumit

It's no vacation for neither Qasim nor Hapoel Katamon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kafr Qasim form and stats

With 1 Liga Leumit win, 5 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Kafr Qasim, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Liga Leumit, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager T. Kashtan led his Kafr Qasim to a defeat in the Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lod Municipal Stadium. Before that, Qasim drew at home versus Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.

The manager T. Kashtan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in only three days.

Kafr Qasim have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Kafr Qasim's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hapoel Katamon form and stats

3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Katamon, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Liga Leumit, in their Liga Leumit matches away.

Katamon have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 433 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Leumit.

Katamon won their last game, 1-0 versus Hapoel Iksal played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Ramat Gan that ended 0-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Hapoel Katamon are hosting Hapoel Kfar Shalem in the Liga Leumit only three days away.

Hapoel Katamon has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Katamon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hapoel Katamon - Qasim 0-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Qasim victories, one draw and one Hapoel Katamon win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel KatamonI. Shemesh
I. Shemesh
8 goals
QasimM. Fadida
M. Fadida
3 goals
Hapoel KatamonB. Mizan
B. Mizan
3 goals

Kafr Qasim missing players

Hapoel Katamon missing players

Kafr Qasim Hapoel Katamon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 8 15
1 1 0 Won W 2 3 7
8 5 0 Drew D 0 4 6
7 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
9 7 0 Scored S 4 12 19
21 10 1 Conceded C 0 4 9
81% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 62% 73%
62% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 47%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 27%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 13%
44% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 20%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 67%
50% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 11.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.4 8.8
3.6 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 4.1
16% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 43% 28%
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Katamon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Katamon has the most clean sheets (6) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Katamon has the the best goal difference (+8) away in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hapoel Katamon have scored more than double the goals of Kafr Qasim.
  • Kafr Qasim has the fewest scored goals (9) in Liga Leumit
  • Kafr Qasim has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Liga Leumit
  • Kafr Qasim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kafr Qasim 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 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 15 8 5 2 23 10 8 4 4 0 10 3 7 4 1 2 13 7 13 29
2 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 15 7 4 4 22 13 7 5 2 0 13 4 8 2 2 4 9 9 9 25
3 Hapoel Iksal 15 6 7 2 22 20 8 3 4 1 14 12 7 3 3 1 8 8 2 25
4 Hapoel Katamon 14 6 6 2 18 9 6 3 2 1 6 5 8 3 4 1 12 4 9 24
5 Hapoel Ramat Gan 15 6 6 3 19 12 7 5 2 0 11 1 8 1 4 3 8 11 7 24
6 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 15 6 5 4 14 11 7 3 3 1 7 4 8 3 2 3 7 7 3 23
7 Sektzia Nes Tziona 14 6 5 3 16 16 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 2 2 2 5 9 0 23
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 15 5 6 4 12 9 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 2 4 2 4 4 3 21
9 Hapoel Acre 15 4 8 3 14 16 7 2 4 1 6 8 8 2 4 2 8 8 -2 20
10 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 15 5 5 5 11 13 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 2 3 2 4 5 -2 20
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 15 4 6 5 13 14 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 1 4 3 5 8 -1 18
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 15 3 7 5 13 13 8 1 4 3 2 4 7 2 3 2 11 9 0 16
13 Hapoel Afula 15 4 3 8 15 17 7 3 1 3 11 8 8 1 2 5 4 9 -2 15
14 Hapoel Petah Tikva 15 3 4 8 10 19 8 0 3 5 2 10 7 3 1 3 8 9 -9 13
15 Kafr Qasim 15 1 8 6 9 20 8 1 5 2 7 10 7 0 3 4 2 10 -11 11
16 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 15 1 3 11 11 30 8 1 1 6 8 16 7 0 2 5 3 14 -19 6