Football betting preview: Kafr Qasim vs Hapoel Petah Tikva

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Kafr Qasim are enjoying their 2nd, while Hapoel Petah Tikva are lingering 5 points behind in the league table. Will they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Kafr Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga Leumit

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 Kafr Qasim and Hapoel Petah Tikva.

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Kafr Qasim form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Kafr Qasim have scored 22 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Liga Leumit are 7-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Kafr Qasim shared the glory with Agudat Sport Ashdod in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Qasim won a home game hosting Hapoel Acre (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kafr Qasim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost three.

The Kafr Qasim fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Kafr Qasim have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats

Hapoel Petah Tikva have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Liga Leumit, after 2-5-5 (12 played).

Tamam and Onyekachi scored in Petah's previous match, the home game against Hapoel Acre that ended 2-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hapoel Ramat HaSharon's place.

Hapoel Petah Tikva are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Petah Tikva as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier on this campaign: Hapoel Petah Tikva - Qasim 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Kafr Qasim three wins, four draws and Hapoel Petah Tikva two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kafr QasimM. Radi
M. Radi
7 goals
Kafr QasimS. Mareev
S. Mareev
6 goals
Kafr QasimM. El-Khatib
M. El-Khatib
5 goals

Kafr Qasim missing players

Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players

Kafr Qasim Hapoel Petah Tikva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
11 7 4 Won W 1 2 9
8 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
6 2 0 Lost L 1 5 7
31 22 11 Scored S 4 9 24
24 15 6 Conceded C 4 12 22
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 84%
68% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
44% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 32%
20% 42% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 4%
4% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
48% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
36% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 28%
32% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
5.5 4.7 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.9 4.3
3.6 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.3
2.9 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
10.8 12.5 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7 7.6
4.6 5.9 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.1
27% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 31%
 
6.8 6.2 6.4 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 7.5 7.2
2.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3 3
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Petah Tikva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kafr Qasim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kafr Qasim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hapoel Petah Tikva have scored away.
  • 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 Maccabi Bnei Raina 25 11 8 6 30 21 13 7 3 3 17 10 12 4 5 3 13 11 9 41
2 Kafr Qasim 25 11 8 6 31 24 12 7 3 2 22 15 13 4 5 4 9 9 7 41
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 25 10 10 5 37 23 13 5 5 3 18 10 12 5 5 2 19 13 14 40
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 25 9 10 6 32 27 12 7 3 2 22 15 13 2 7 4 10 12 5 37
5 Sektzia Nes Tziona 25 9 9 7 33 25 12 8 3 1 21 6 13 1 6 6 12 19 8 36
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 25 8 12 5 29 23 13 6 6 1 20 10 12 2 6 4 9 13 6 36
6 Hapoel Iksal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 25 9 9 7 24 22 13 7 4 2 15 10 12 2 5 5 9 12 2 36
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 25 9 5 11 32 35 13 4 3 6 12 17 12 5 2 5 20 18 -3 32
9 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 25 8 8 9 25 34 12 6 3 3 14 13 13 2 5 6 11 21 -9 32
10 Hapoel Acre 25 7 10 8 30 23 12 4 6 2 14 8 13 3 4 6 16 15 7 31
11 Bnei Yehuda 25 8 7 10 28 25 13 4 4 5 15 13 12 4 3 5 13 12 3 31
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 25 7 10 8 30 35 12 3 6 3 15 16 13 4 4 5 15 19 -5 31
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 25 7 9 9 28 35 13 2 6 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 17 17 -7 30
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 25 7 8 10 23 31 12 3 4 5 13 19 13 4 4 5 10 12 -8 29
15 Hapoel Afula 25 8 4 13 25 42 12 6 3 3 14 11 13 2 1 10 11 31 -17 28
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 25 5 7 13 27 39 13 2 5 6 13 17 12 3 2 7 14 22 -12 22