Football match betting preview: Maccabi Ahi Nazareth vs Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ilut Stadium (4000 seats)

Match-goers at Ilut Stadium haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Maccabi Ahi Nazareth rotting in the 12th spot. The opposing Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa will believe to protect their higher league position in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have won significantly more corners away than at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have to build on here at Ilut Stadium in the Liga Leumit. It's trouble wherever Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Stress levels are on the rise for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's attacking players as they have now played 411 minutes without scoring in a league game. Bongongui was their last goal scorer.

Nazareth faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kafr Qasim (0-4). As you see from the result above, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm that was lost 0-2.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Nazareth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded 15 goals. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa form and stats

5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa in their Liga Leumit matches away.

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa won their last game, 4-2 versus Hapoel Nof HaGalil played at home. A bonkers game with lots of goals last time out for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as refreshing?

Prior to that match, the Maccabi manager Baruch faced defeat when travelling to Ironi Tiberias and losing 0-2.

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Maccabi have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H encounter ended Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0-2, played this season. One of the stars has been Kuku with 2 goals scored against Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa in these 1 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Kabilio JaffaD. Gabay
D. Gabay
8 goals
Maccabi Kabilio JaffaJ. Welo Lupeta
J. Welo Lupeta
7 goals
NazarethB. Kuku
B. Kuku
6 goals

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa missing players

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
9 6 1 Won W 3 5 12
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
13 5 2 Lost L 0 5 11
26 17 4 Scored S 10 16 36
36 15 5 Conceded C 3 16 37
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 93%
74% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 70%
33% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 48%
15% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
11% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 22%
22% 23% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 52%
37% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 22%
48% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 33%
 
4.1 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 3.4
4.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.2
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.9 2.5
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
9.3 10.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.5 8.6
4 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.9
23% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 37%
 
9.6 9.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.7 11.7
3.7 3.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 5.1
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have won significantly more corners away than 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 Petah Tikva 27 16 5 6 43 23 14 7 3 4 21 12 13 9 2 2 22 11 20 53
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 16 3 7 48 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 13 8 0 5 29 15 21 51
3 Ironi Tiberias 27 13 9 5 42 25 13 8 3 2 20 6 14 5 6 3 22 19 17 48
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 26 13 8 5 34 17 13 7 4 2 17 8 13 6 4 3 17 9 17 47
5 Hapoel Acre 27 12 7 8 35 27 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 5 5 4 18 14 8 43
6 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 27 12 4 11 36 37 14 7 1 6 20 21 13 5 3 5 16 16 -1 40
7 Hapoel Afula 27 10 9 8 36 32 14 8 6 0 23 9 13 2 3 8 13 23 4 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 27 10 7 10 34 33 14 5 4 5 21 22 13 5 3 5 13 11 1 37
9 Hapoel Kfar Saba 27 10 6 11 30 36 14 5 2 7 16 21 13 5 4 4 14 15 -6 36
10 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 27 8 8 11 25 28 13 4 4 5 12 12 14 4 4 6 13 16 -3 32
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 27 9 5 13 30 35 13 6 0 7 12 15 14 3 5 6 18 20 -5 32
12 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 27 9 5 13 26 36 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 3 3 8 9 21 -10 32
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 27 7 9 11 29 38 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 5 3 6 13 16 -9 30
14 Kafr Qasim 27 6 10 11 31 35 14 3 8 3 19 17 13 3 2 8 12 18 -4 28
15 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 27 6 6 15 26 45 13 5 2 6 14 21 14 1 4 9 12 24 -19 24
16 Agudat Sport Ashdod 27 4 7 16 20 51 14 4 4 6 14 21 13 0 3 10 6 30 -31 7