Ligat ha'Al: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Ironi Kiryat Shmona might have a small advantage with their 4th place in the table?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
Hapoel Be'er Sheva have collected 17 points from their Ligat ha'Al home games so far after 4-5-4. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Be'er has four draws from their last four matches.
The spoils were shared in Hapoel Be'er Sheva's previous game, also at home. Visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The goalie O. Levita was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 0.0 out of ten. Levita .
In the match before that, Be'er hosted Maccabi Haifa and drew the game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Be'er have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost two.
The manager R. Levy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ashdod in only two days.
The Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Hapoel Be'er Sheva's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Kiryat are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The manager K. Refua was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium. Ironi Kiryat Shmona suffered a 1-2 loss to Maccabi Petah Tikva. D. Bartkus was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Bartkus .
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Ashdod.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Ironi Kiryat Shmona in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Kiryat, five draws and six defeats.
Kiryat find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Kiryat as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Be'er 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Be'er four wins, five draws and Ironi Kiryat Shmona one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Soares Pesqueira 8 goals |   E. Ansah 8 goals |  L. Palhano Soares 7 goals |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 36 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 32 |
| 36 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 39 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 97% |
| 69% | 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 56% | 70% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 19% | 27% |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 31% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 44% | 33% |
| 28% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 38% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.3 | 7.8 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 28% |
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 32 | 59 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -21 | 29 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 22 |