Let's look at this engrossing game in the Ligat ha'Al. Beitar Jerusalem is in the 12th position from completing three matches. They welcome Hapoel Katamon who are placed 6th from three matches.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Jerusalem and Hapoel Katamon.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Ligat ha'Al game of the season here at Teddi Malcha Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses from Beitar Jerusalem's 3 home games.
The Beitar Jerusalem crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Hapoel Katamon here at Teddi Malcha Stadium.
In the match before, 2-2 away to Ashdod (Toto Cup). This is expected to be a close game, with Jerusalem perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Beitar Jerusalem as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Beitar Jerusalem has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Beitar Jerusalem's 1 home game: 0 goals, 5 conceded.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligat ha'Al away game of the season. During their previous season 4 away games resulted in 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Hapoel Katamon play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Beitar Jerusalem (placed 12th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Ashdod.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Katamon playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Hapoel Katamon wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's early days yet, but Hapoel Katamon has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous four meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Beitar Jerusalem, zero draws and one win for Hapoel Katamon. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Moreno Asprilla 3 goals |   G. Badash 2 goals | O. Dgani 1 goals |
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 5.5 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 7 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 35% |
| 15.5 | 14 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Last season | Hapoel Katamon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 41 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 85% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 42% | ||
| 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 30% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 42% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 Haifa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Ashdod | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Hapoel Katamon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 42 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 35 |
| 6 | Hapoel Katamon | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 27 |
