Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Afula fans have their best supporter gear on for this first game week of a new Liga Leumit campaign. Game on!
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
The season before, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's league results were 10 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, ending with 10th place in the Liga Leumit. In these 30 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 31. Playing as the home side in the previous season Maccabi Ahi Nazareth delivered 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 13 conceded.
There will be little rest for Nazareth after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Ra'anana for a Liga Leumit game in only two days.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Afula performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Ramat HaSharon in just two days.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these contenders: Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won one, Hapoel Afula triumphed in six and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Last season | Hapoel Afula | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 47 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 95% | ||
| 65% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 38% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 38% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 38% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 43% | ||
| 24% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 46% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 30% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Acre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Afula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kafr Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Afula | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 88 |
| 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 47 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 84 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 83 |
| 4 | Kafr Qasim | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 77 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -11 | 74 |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 73 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 68 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 64 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -27 | 60 |