Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sektzia Nes Tziona in 8th and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in 10th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Sektzia Nes Tziona at their home stadium is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Sektzia Nes Tziona tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Hapoel Ra'anana (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Liga Leumit game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Sektzia won a home game hosting Hapoel Nazareth Illit (2-1).
Sektzia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Sektzia have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Leumit.
al-Fahm played 2-2 against Hapoel Ramat Gan in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from al-Fahm's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. al-Fahm are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Galili 3 goals | W. Darwish 2 goals | L. Tsana 1 goals |
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm missing players
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | 48 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 23 | 55 |
| 45 | 26 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 24% | 31% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have scored away.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona 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 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Hapoel Iksal | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hapoel Acre | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 3 |