Soccer betting preview: Maccabi Bnei Raina welcomes Kafr Qasim in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Competition: Mon 04.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Green Stadium (4000 seats)

The two sides are delivering a nice season so far and fixtures like today could be influential. Get ready for Maccabi Bnei Raina - Kafr Qasim!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (16) in Liga Leumit

It's no vacation for neither Maccabi Bnei Raina nor Kafr Qasim as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats

Maccabi Bnei Raina are steadily winning Liga Leumit games and points here at Green Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.

Maccabi's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Kafr Qasim. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Maccabi Bnei Raina drew at home versus Agudat Sport Ashdod.

This is expected to be a close game, with Maccabi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Maccabi Bnei Raina as a small favourite), we find nine games. Maccabi Bnei Raina has won six of these, drawn two and lost one.

The Maccabi Bnei Raina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maccabi 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 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kafr Qasim form and stats

Playing away, Kafr Qasim have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Liga Leumit this season.

Kafr Qasim aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. El-Khatib was the last player to find the net.

Two away games in a row for Qasim, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Maccabi Bnei Raina.

A loss against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kafr Qasim playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Kafr Qasim wins, two draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Qasim as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Kafr Qasim as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. More than 50 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Maccabi Bnei Raina - Kafr Qasim 1-0. Maccabi-Kafr Qasim H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi Bnei Raina one win, Kafr Qasim two wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Bnei RainaR. Messika
R. Messika
11 goals
Maccabi Bnei RainaJ. da Silva
J. da Silva
10 goals
Kafr QasimM. El-Khatib
M. El-Khatib
9 goals

Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players

Kafr Qasim missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Bnei Raina Kafr Qasim
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 17 4 Played P 3 16 32
15 10 1 Won W 0 5 13
10 4 3 Drew D 1 6 11
7 3 0 Lost L 2 5 8
35 21 2 Scored S 1 13 40
23 11 1 Conceded C 5 12 31
84% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
66% 65% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 72%
25% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 41%
3% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 19%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
34% 35% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 50%
50% 53% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 31%
31% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 31%
 
4.4 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 5.8 5.1
4.1 3.9 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.9 3.9
1.8 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.9 10.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 10.9
4 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.7
28% 31% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 24% 27%
 
7 6.9 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 7.8 7.2
2.8 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 2.4 2.8
Key stats in Liga Leumit this season:
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (16) in Liga Leumit
  • Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (9) at home 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 Maccabi Bnei Raina 30 14 9 7 34 23 15 9 3 3 20 11 15 5 6 4 14 12 11 51
2 Kafr Qasim 30 13 11 6 40 28 15 8 5 2 27 17 15 5 6 4 13 11 12 50
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 11 12 7 44 32 15 9 5 1 27 11 15 2 7 6 17 21 12 45
4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 11 11 8 26 25 15 8 5 2 16 10 15 3 6 6 10 15 1 44
5 Agudat Sport Ashdod 30 10 14 6 36 29 15 7 7 1 23 12 15 3 7 5 13 17 7 43
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 30 10 12 8 39 32 15 5 6 4 19 12 15 5 6 4 20 20 7 42
7 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 9 12 9 36 37 15 7 5 3 24 19 15 2 7 6 12 18 -1 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 30 9 11 10 34 30 15 5 5 5 18 15 15 4 6 5 16 15 4 38
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 10 8 12 37 38 15 4 4 7 14 18 15 6 4 5 23 20 -1 38
10 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 8 13 9 34 36 15 4 7 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 15 19 -2 37
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 13 9 34 39 15 2 8 5 12 19 15 6 5 4 22 20 -5 37
12 Hapoel Afula 30 11 4 15 34 52 15 7 3 5 18 19 15 4 1 10 16 33 -18 37
13 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 9 9 12 28 39 15 6 4 5 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 23 -11 36
14 Hapoel Acre 30 7 14 9 33 27 15 4 9 2 16 10 15 3 5 7 17 17 6 35
15 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 8 10 12 31 39 15 4 5 6 17 22 15 4 5 6 14 17 -8 34
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 30 5 11 14 31 45 15 2 6 7 16 22 15 3 5 7 15 23 -14 26

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 Maccabi Bnei Raina 30 14 9 7 34 23 15 9 3 3 20 11 15 5 6 4 14 12 11 51
2 Kafr Qasim 30 13 11 6 40 28 15 8 5 2 27 17 15 5 6 4 13 11 12 50
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 11 12 7 44 32 15 9 5 1 27 11 15 2 7 6 17 21 12 45
4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 11 11 8 26 25 15 8 5 2 16 10 15 3 6 6 10 15 1 44
5 Agudat Sport Ashdod 30 10 14 6 36 29 15 7 7 1 23 12 15 3 7 5 13 17 7 43
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 30 10 12 8 39 32 15 5 6 4 19 12 15 5 6 4 20 20 7 42
7 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 9 12 9 36 37 15 7 5 3 24 19 15 2 7 6 12 18 -1 39
8 Bnei Yehuda 30 9 11 10 34 30 15 5 5 5 18 15 15 4 6 5 16 15 4 38
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 10 8 12 37 38 15 4 4 7 14 18 15 6 4 5 23 20 -1 38
10 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 8 13 9 34 36 15 4 7 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 15 19 -2 37
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 13 9 34 39 15 2 8 5 12 19 15 6 5 4 22 20 -5 37
12 Hapoel Afula 30 11 4 15 34 52 15 7 3 5 18 19 15 4 1 10 16 33 -18 37
13 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 9 9 12 28 39 15 6 4 5 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 23 -11 36
14 Hapoel Acre 30 7 14 9 33 27 15 4 9 2 16 10 15 3 5 7 17 17 6 35
15 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 8 10 12 31 39 15 4 5 6 17 22 15 4 5 6 14 17 -8 34
16 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 30 5 11 14 31 45 15 2 6 7 16 22 15 3 5 7 15 23 -14 26

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