Both participants are revelling in a nice season so far and matches like today could be momentous. Read more about Sektzia Nes Tziona - Maccabi Bnei Raina!
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most scored goals (44) in Liga Leumit
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (16) in Liga Leumit
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
Sektzia Nes Tziona are steadily winning Liga Leumit games and points here at Nes Tziona Stadium. 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Maccabi Bnei Raina last time out and are looking for a win here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm and winning 2-1.A decent goal production from Sektzia Nes Tziona in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches. Sektzia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nes Tziona Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Maccabi Bnei Raina, who have the most clean sheets (16) in Liga Leumit, playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Maccabi Bnei Raina goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 187 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Maccabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sektzia Nes Tziona.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kafr Qasim.The attacking power of Maccabi Bnei Raina when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Maccabi Bnei Raina as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met previously this campaign; Maccabi Bnei Raina - Sektzia 1-0. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding two meetings): Sektzia Nes Tziona won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Maccabi Bnei Raina managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two One of the stars has been Tadale with 2 goals scored against Maccabi Bnei Raina in these 2 matches.Top Goalscorers
  D. Biton 16 goals |   R. Messika 11 goals | J. da Silva 10 goals |
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | Maccabi Bnei Raina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 50 | 31 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 36 |
| 36 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 79% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 67% |
| 45% | 41% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 19% | 24% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 58% | 53% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| 30% | 41% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 48% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 41% | 50% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
- Maccabi Bnei Raina have the most clean sheets (16) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Maccabi Bnei Raina have scored away.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most points (32) at home in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most scored goals (44) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Liga Leumit
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the the best goal difference (+16) 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 |
