Only a win will satisfy the Beitar Jerusalem supporters in this Teddy Stadium clash with Sektzia Nes Tziona, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligat ha'Al table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Beitar Jerusalem have to build on here at Teddy Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al.
Beitar Jerusalem's previous game was a Ligat ha'Al match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Maccabi Netanya (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Maccabi Bnei Raina.
Beitar Jerusalem has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sektzia Nes Tziona, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Ligat ha'Al, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
Sektzia Nes Tziona aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. S. Touray was the last player to find the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sektzia Nes Tziona, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Maccabi Haifa (placed 2nd). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Sektzia Nes Tziona lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Sektzia Nes Tziona as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Sektzia Nes Tziona when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Sektzia Nes Tziona have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sektzia Nes Tziona - Beitar Jerusalem 0-4 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 2 - 0 - 0 (Beitar Jerusalem wins - draws - Sektzia Nes Tziona wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kinda 7 goals |  S. Azulay 6 goals |  A. Plumain 4 goals |
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Beitar Jerusalem | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 31 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 37% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 21% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 12 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 220 | 107 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 47 | 116 |
| 90 | 45 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 18 | 48 |
| 34% | 22% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 23% |
- Beitar Jerusalem has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Beitar Jerusalem have scored more than double the goals of Sektzia Nes Tziona.
- Beitar Jerusalem have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the most conceded goals (31)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the the worst goal difference (-18)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 47 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 26 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -11 | 17 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 15 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -15 | 14 |