A home win is anticipated from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Maccabi Bnei Raina club members are positive that the difference between 4th and Hapoel Afula's 14th spot in the table will be visible on the arena.
- Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Leumit
The visiting Hapoel Afula played their last game only four days ago, a Liga Leumit match.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Bnei Raina have to build on here at Green Stadium in the Liga Leumit. The Maccabi Bnei Raina manager Hadia might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Maccabi in their previous game, a fixture away at Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hapoel Kfar Saba (0-2).Maccabi Bnei Raina has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Maccabi have conceded only 9 goals.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Afula so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
Hapoel Afula won their last game, 1-0 versus Hapoel Rishon LeZion played at home.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla with the score of 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Afula as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. The Hapoel Afula manager Shavit has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels. Afula has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Bnei Raina and Hapoel Afula have duelled before this season: Hapoel Afula - Maccabi Bnei Raina 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva 8 goals | R. Messika 7 goals | B. Kuku 6 goals |
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Maccabi Bnei Raina | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 25 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | 36 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 50% |
| 5% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 27% |
| 5% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 55% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 32% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.7 | 10.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Hapoel Afula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hapoel Afula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hapoel Afula have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals (26) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Afula have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Afula have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Liga Leumit
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| 2 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 31 |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | Hapoel Afula | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 25 |
| 15 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -12 | 18 |
