Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Beitar Jerusalem welcomes Bnei Yehuda

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Teddi Malcha Stadium (21600 seats)

Beitar Jerusalem perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Bnei Yehuda can look both up and down from their 9th position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Beitar Jerusalem form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Beitar Jerusalem have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Beitar Jerusalem haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Maccabi Haifa, 84 days ago. Beitar Jerusalem has recorded two wins in a row here at Teddi Malcha Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Beitar Jerusalem's previous game was a Ligat ha'Al match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sektzia Nes Tziona (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Maccabi Netanya.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Beitar Jerusalem as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Kfar Saba in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is three days after this one.

Beitar Jerusalem are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Beitar Jerusalem have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Bnei Yehuda form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Bnei Yehuda has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The manager E. Levy was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground HaMoshava Stadium. Bnei Yehuda suffered a 1-3 loss to Maccabi Haifa (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hapoel Kfar Saba at their stadium, the result 1-0.

A new game in only three days for Bnei Yehuda, the Ligat ha'Al home match versus Hapoel Hadera. Busy days.

Bnei Yehuda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Bnei Yehuda as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bnei Yehuda - Beitar Jerusalem 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Beitar Jerusalem 4 wins, 4 draws and Bnei Yehuda 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Beitar JerusalemG. Kinda
G. Kinda
6 goals
Beitar JerusalemS. Azulay
S. Azulay
6 goals
Beitar JerusalemA. Plumain
A. Plumain
4 goals

Beitar Jerusalem missing players

Bnei Yehuda missing players

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
12 5 2 Won W 1 4 6
4 2 0 Drew D 2 4 6
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 8
32 11 5 Scored S 3 10 18
17 9 3 Conceded C 2 8 23
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 85%
70% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 70%
45% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
35% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 45%
60% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 35%
20% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 35%
 
6.2 7 8.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 4.5
3.5 2.4 2.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3.3 3.9
3.1 3.1 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 1.9
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
230 117 37 Total Shots T S 22 62 155
94 49 17 Shots on Target S O 7 24 60
34% 22% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 28%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Beitar Jerusalem has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
  • Beitar Jerusalem have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv 20 15 5 0 37 4 10 5 5 0 13 1 10 10 0 0 24 3 33 50
2 Maccabi Haifa 20 14 4 2 46 16 9 6 2 1 26 12 11 8 2 1 20 4 30 46
3 Beitar Jerusalem 20 12 4 4 32 17 9 5 2 2 11 9 11 7 2 2 21 8 15 40
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 20 10 3 7 24 16 10 7 0 3 15 7 10 3 3 4 9 9 8 33
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 8 5 7 19 26 10 3 4 3 9 10 10 5 1 4 10 16 -7 29
6 Hapoel Hadera 20 6 7 7 18 21 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 3 4 3 8 10 -3 25
7 Maccabi Netanya 20 7 4 9 20 26 10 5 1 4 14 14 10 2 3 5 6 12 -6 25
8 Hapoel Haifa 20 7 4 9 20 28 11 4 2 5 14 17 9 3 2 4 6 11 -8 25
9 Bnei Yehuda 20 6 6 8 18 23 10 2 2 6 8 15 10 4 4 2 10 8 -5 24
10 Ashdod 20 4 9 7 23 27 10 3 5 2 13 11 10 1 4 5 10 16 -4 21
11 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 20 5 3 12 19 26 11 4 1 6 9 12 9 1 2 6 10 14 -7 18
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 20 4 5 11 14 26 10 0 2 8 3 15 10 4 3 3 11 11 -12 17
13 Hapoel Ra'anana 20 2 9 9 17 32 10 2 7 1 9 9 10 0 2 8 8 23 -15 15
14 Sektzia Nes Tziona 20 3 6 11 13 32 10 2 1 7 6 17 10 1 5 4 7 15 -19 15