Hapoel Be'er Sheva greet Hapoel Nazareth Illit as odds-on favourites: Full football preview

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium (16126 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Hapoel Be'er Sheva regulars are hopeful that the gap between 1st and Hapoel Nazareth Illit's 11th spot in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the most conceded goals (20) in Ligat ha'Al

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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium as Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored 13 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Ligat ha'Al are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Be'er haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Beitar Jerusalem, 105 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.

The Be'er supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Nazareth Illit in Ligat ha'Al and win 2-0.

Before that match, a win away at Hapoel Haifa.

A decent goal production from Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Hapoel Be'er Sheva have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats

Hapoel Nazareth Illit have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Nazareth have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 231 minutes ago. Habiballa was the goal scorer.

Nazareth play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Hapoel Be'er Sheva (placed 1st).

A loss against Maccabi Haifa was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nazareth as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Be'er - Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2-0. Last seven meetings involving these squads: Be'er won five, Hapoel Nazareth Illit were winners in two and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Be'er ShevaR. Safouri
R. Safouri
6 goals
Hapoel Be'er ShevaN. Rukavytsya
N. Rukavytsya
5 goals
Hapoel Be'er ShevaI. Abu Abaid
I. Abu Abaid
3 goals

Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players

Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 7 13
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
0 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
21 13 4 Scored S 1 5 11
8 5 1 Conceded C 3 12 20
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
77% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 69%
38% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 46%
15% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 38%
46% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 46%
 
5 5.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 5
3.1 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 11 4.7 5.9
3.3 3.4 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 10.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.6 7.8
4.4 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.7 3.2
37% 39% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 27%
 
5.9 5.7 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.1 9.8
2.6 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have not yet lost a game.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hapoel Nazareth Illit have scored away.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the most points (17) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the most points from losing position (5) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have the most conceded goals (20) in Ligat ha'Al

  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 Be'er Sheva 13 9 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 13 5 6 4 2 0 8 3 13 31
2 Maccabi Haifa 12 8 2 2 30 10 6 5 0 1 16 4 6 3 2 1 14 6 20 26
3 Bnei Sakhnin 13 6 3 4 17 14 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 21
4 Hapoel Haifa 13 5 3 5 18 18 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 2 2 3 10 13 0 18
5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 12 5 3 4 17 18 6 2 3 1 6 6 6 3 0 3 11 12 -1 18
6 Hapoel Hadera 12 4 6 2 10 11 5 1 3 1 2 4 7 3 3 1 8 7 -1 18
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 4 5 4 16 17 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 2 4 1 11 7 -1 17
8 Ashdod 13 5 2 6 13 15 7 2 1 4 7 10 6 3 1 2 6 5 -2 17
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 13 5 2 6 13 16 6 2 0 4 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 17
10 Maccabi Netanya 13 3 4 6 15 18 7 2 2 3 9 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -3 13
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 13 3 4 6 11 20 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 1 2 4 5 12 -9 13
12 Beitar Jerusalem 12 3 3 6 11 13 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 2 0 4 6 6 -2 12
13 Hapoel Katamon 13 2 5 6 7 16 7 2 2 3 5 10 6 0 3 3 2 6 -9 11
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 13 2 4 7 10 15 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 1 8 -5 10