Liga Leumit preview: Can Maccabi Bnei Raina edge out victory against Hapoel Acre?

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Fri 11.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Stadium (4000 seats)

Maccabi Bnei Raina are positioned 2nd, while Hapoel Acre are bringing up the rear 14 points behind in the table. Will they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Leumit
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Maccabi Bnei Raina have less rest than Hapoel Acre in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga Leumit game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, so at least Maccabi are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Bnei Raina have to build on here at Green Stadium in the Liga Leumit. Maccabi Bnei Raina are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A strong away win for Maccabi Bnei Raina against Hapoel Ramat HaSharon the last match, as Messika were on target.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Maccabi Bnei Raina handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, three draws and one defeat.

Maccabi has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Maccabi Bnei Raina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Green Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Hapoel Acre form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Acre so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Hapoel Acre have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Hapoel Acre's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Rishon LeZion (1-1).

A 1-1 draw at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla's stadium before that.

Acre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, seven draws and ten defeats. From a total of 22 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hapoel Acre have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Acre have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Acre - Maccabi Bnei Raina 1-1 was the output when this pair of teams last played each other, also in this season. Head to head numbers (for the prior two meetings): Maccabi won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Hapoel Acre have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Bnei RainaR. Messika
R. Messika
10 goals
Maccabi Bnei RainaJ. da Silva
J. da Silva
10 goals
Hapoel AcreK. Aboubakar
K. Aboubakar
10 goals

Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players

Hapoel Acre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Bnei Raina Hapoel Acre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
13 8 2 Won W 0 3 7
9 3 3 Drew D 2 5 13
6 3 0 Lost L 2 6 8
33 19 5 Scored S 3 17 32
22 11 2 Conceded C 5 16 25
86% 86% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 82%
75% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 71% 68%
29% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 32%
4% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 11%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 4%
39% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 54%
46% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 36%
29% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 29% 29%
 
4.2 4.4 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5 4.9
4.2 4.1 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.2
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.8 10.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 8.9 8.3
3.9 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.1
30% 37% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 39%
 
7.1 7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.8 8.1
2.9 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Hapoel Acre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Leumit

  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 28 13 9 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 26 16 14 5 5 4 12 10 12 48
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 28 13 9 6 33 22 14 8 3 3 19 11 14 5 6 3 14 11 11 48
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 28 10 12 6 39 27 14 5 6 3 19 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 12 42
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 28 9 12 7 37 29 14 8 5 1 24 9 14 1 7 6 13 20 8 39
5 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 28 9 12 7 35 33 14 7 5 2 23 16 14 2 7 5 12 17 2 39
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 28 9 11 8 24 25 14 7 5 2 15 10 14 2 6 6 9 15 -1 38
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 Rishon LeZion 28 10 7 11 36 36 14 4 4 6 14 17 14 6 3 5 22 19 0 37
8 Agudat Sport Ashdod 28 8 14 6 33 28 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 2 7 5 11 16 5 36
9 Bnei Yehuda 28 9 9 10 33 29 14 5 4 5 18 15 14 4 5 5 15 14 4 36
10 Hapoel Acre 28 7 13 8 32 25 14 4 8 2 15 9 14 3 5 6 17 16 7 34
11 Hapoel Afula 28 10 4 14 30 47 14 7 3 4 17 15 14 3 1 10 13 32 -17 34
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 28 7 12 9 30 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 14 4 5 5 15 19 -6 33
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 28 7 12 9 29 36 14 2 7 5 11 18 14 5 5 4 18 18 -7 33
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 28 8 9 11 28 35 14 4 4 6 16 21 14 4 5 5 12 14 -7 33
15 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 28 8 9 11 26 37 14 6 4 4 14 14 14 2 5 7 12 23 -11 33
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 28 5 10 13 28 40 14 2 6 6 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 22 -12 25

Table
  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 28 13 9 6 38 26 14 8 4 2 26 16 14 5 5 4 12 10 12 48
2 Maccabi Bnei Raina 28 13 9 6 33 22 14 8 3 3 19 11 14 5 6 3 14 11 11 48
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 28 10 12 6 39 27 14 5 6 3 19 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 12 42
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 28 9 12 7 37 29 14 8 5 1 24 9 14 1 7 6 13 20 8 39
5 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 28 9 12 7 35 33 14 7 5 2 23 16 14 2 7 5 12 17 2 39
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 28 9 11 8 24 25 14 7 5 2 15 10 14 2 6 6 9 15 -1 38
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 Rishon LeZion 28 10 7 11 36 36 14 4 4 6 14 17 14 6 3 5 22 19 0 37
8 Agudat Sport Ashdod 28 8 14 6 33 28 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 2 7 5 11 16 5 36
9 Bnei Yehuda 28 9 9 10 33 29 14 5 4 5 18 15 14 4 5 5 15 14 4 36
10 Hapoel Acre 28 7 13 8 32 25 14 4 8 2 15 9 14 3 5 6 17 16 7 34
11 Hapoel Afula 28 10 4 14 30 47 14 7 3 4 17 15 14 3 1 10 13 32 -17 34
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 28 7 12 9 30 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 14 4 5 5 15 19 -6 33
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 28 7 12 9 29 36 14 2 7 5 11 18 14 5 5 4 18 18 -7 33
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 28 8 9 11 28 35 14 4 4 6 16 21 14 4 5 5 12 14 -7 33
15 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 28 8 9 11 26 37 14 6 4 4 14 14 14 2 5 7 12 23 -11 33
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 28 5 10 13 28 40 14 2 6 6 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 22 -12 25

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