2nd spot in the Liga Leumit table for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa so far, a tip-top campaign. The home team fans pray for more excitement as 10th-placed Hapoel Afula visit Ramla Municipal Stadium.
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Afula have yet to win a game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the State Cup.
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa form and stats
The complete Liga Leumit results playing at home this season for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa are 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Baruch led his Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa to a defeat away at Hapoel Petah Tikva. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ramla Municipal Stadium.
Before that, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa had a home game versus Hapoel Ramat Gan which ended with a victory 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maccabi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Umm al-Fahm for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Maccabi in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Afula so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Hapoel Afula, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The fans enjoyed Afula's previous match versus Hapoel Kfar Saba, a State Cup win (3-0) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kafr Qasim in the Liga Leumit.Hapoel Afula are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's last 10 league matches have seen two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Kfar Saba in just four days.
The attacking power of Afula when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played earlier this season: Hapoel Afula - Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gabay 8 goals | J. Welo Lupeta 5 goals |  S. Hirsh 4 goals |
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 20 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 59% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | 9.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 33% |
| 12.6 | 12.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- 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 yet to win a game away.
- Hapoel Afula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Ironi Tiberias | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -17 | 1 |
