Liga Leumit duel: Close contest expected between Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Agudat Sport Ashdod

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ilut Stadium (4000 seats)

Liga Leumit: The middle-of-the-table placements tell a story of the journey Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Agudat Sport Ashdod have undertaken so far. Both sides are ready for the match; bring it!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga Leumit game only four days ago.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Leumit, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Omar Nahfawi not having conceded a league goal in 217 minutes.

Happy days for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in their previous game, a fixture away at Hapoel Kfar Saba (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that, Nazareth drew at home versus Bnei Yehuda.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn two and lost five.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth has scored 14 goals so far and conceded 14 goals from 14 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Agudat Sport Ashdod form and stats

There's been little loot from Agudat Sport Ashdod's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Liga Leumit. Agudat Sport Ashdod only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 7 draws.

Agudat go into this game after a win, the home game against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm that ended 1-0.

Before that, Agudat Sport Ashdod travelled to Sektzia Nes Tziona and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Agudat in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Agudat Sport Ashdod, six draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Agudat Sport Ashdod as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Agudat Sport Ashdod have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Agudat Sport Ashdod - Nazareth 3-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Ahi NazarethA. Abed
A. Abed
10 goals
Agudat Sport AshdodH. Mawasi
H. Mawasi
8 goals
Agudat Sport AshdodI. Noy
I. Noy
7 goals

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Agudat Sport Ashdod missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Agudat Sport Ashdod
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
9 6 1 Won W 1 2 9
9 4 1 Drew D 2 7 14
11 4 2 Lost L 1 5 6
27 14 2 Scored S 4 11 34
37 14 5 Conceded C 4 16 28
79% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
59% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 72%
48% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 21% 34%
24% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 14%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
41% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 52%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 38%
41% 57% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 24%
 
4.6 4.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 3.7
5.9 5.3 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 4
2.4 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.4
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.6 9.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.1 8.5
3.4 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3.6
28% 25% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 22% 33%
 
9.5 8.4 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.9 7.7
3.7 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 3.1

  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 29 14 9 6 34 22 15 9 3 3 20 11 14 5 6 3 14 11 12 51
2 Kafr Qasim 29 13 10 6 39 27 14 8 4 2 26 16 15 5 6 4 13 11 12 49
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 29 10 12 7 41 30 14 8 5 1 24 9 15 2 7 6 17 21 11 42
4 Hapoel Kfar Saba 29 10 12 7 39 28 15 5 6 4 19 12 14 5 6 3 20 16 11 42
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 29 10 11 8 25 25 14 7 5 2 15 10 15 3 6 6 10 15 0 41
6 Agudat Sport Ashdod 29 9 14 6 34 28 15 7 7 1 23 12 14 2 7 5 11 16 6 39
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 Umm al-Fahm 29 9 12 8 35 34 14 7 5 2 23 16 15 2 7 6 12 18 1 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 29 9 10 10 33 29 15 5 5 5 18 15 14 4 5 5 15 14 4 37
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 4 4 7 14 18 14 6 3 5 22 19 -1 37
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 29 8 12 9 33 38 14 2 7 5 11 18 15 6 5 4 22 20 -5 36
11 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 9 9 11 27 37 14 6 4 4 14 14 15 3 5 7 13 23 -10 36
12 Hapoel Acre 29 7 13 9 32 26 14 4 8 2 15 9 15 3 5 7 17 17 6 34
13 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 29 7 13 9 30 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 15 4 6 5 15 19 -6 34
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 29 8 10 11 29 36 15 4 5 6 17 22 14 4 5 5 12 14 -7 34
15 Hapoel Afula 29 10 4 15 31 51 15 7 3 5 18 19 14 3 1 10 13 32 -20 34
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 29 5 10 14 30 44 15 2 6 7 16 22 14 3 4 7 14 22 -14 25