Maccabi Ahi Nazareth host Sektzia Nes Tziona for another engaging Liga Leumit match here at Ilut Stadium.
Both contenders have had time to rest since their last game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have only played one Liga Leumit game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.
Nazareth manager T. Kashtan and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hapoel Ra'anana (placed 14th) in the Liga Leumit.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hapoel Afula in a game that was won 2-1.Early season league goal statistics from Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Liga Leumit ended in defeat. Last season Sektzia Nes Tziona had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 8, drew 4 and lost 6.
There were no winners in Sektzia Nes Tziona's previous match, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 1-1 vs Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (placed 3rd).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Kafr Qasim's place.0 goals so far away for Sektzia Nes Tziona, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these teams: Nazareth won five, Sektzia Nes Tziona triumphed in three and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dabour 1 goals | A. Abed 1 goals |   D. Biton 1 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 29% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Last season | Sektzia Nes Tziona | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 47 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 65% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 38% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 35% | ||
| 24% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 43% | ||
| 46% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 35% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kafr Qasim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Acre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 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 |