Ironi Kiryat Shmona have come here for an engaging battle versus the hosting Hapoel Haifa. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Ligat ha'Al preview!
This looks to be an absorbing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
The first Ligat ha'Al game here at Sammy Ofer Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Hapoel Haifa's home game statistics were 7 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 17 games.
Happy days for Hapoel Haifa in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Ashdod (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Maccabi Netanya that ended 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hapoel Haifa handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and five defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hapoel Haifa at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligat ha'Al away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hapoel Tel Aviv proved too strong as Ironi Kiryat Shmona slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Maccabi Petah Tikva that ended 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Ironi Kiryat Shmona have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, three draws and four defeats.
It's early days yet, but Ironi Kiryat Shmona has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Hapoel Haifa won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Ironi Kiryat Shmona have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Turgeman 2 goals |  A. Ožbolt 1 goals |   S. Milošević 1 goals |
Hapoel Haifa missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Hapoel Haifa | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 8.5 | 11 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| Hapoel Haifa | Last season | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Conceded | C | 22 | 45 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 79% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 31% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 27% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 31% | ||
| 33% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 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 Tel Aviv | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Ashdod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 48 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 48 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -8 | 42 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 40 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 14 | -11 | 38 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 45 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -23 | 34 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -19 | 33 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -23 | 24 |