Struggling Hapoel Ra'anana will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Maccabi Haifa in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Hapoel Ra'anana form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Ra'anana have managed 1 win, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Hapoel Ra'anana who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Beitar Jerusalem, 104 days ago. Two draws in a row at home now for Hapoel Ra'anana.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Hapoel Kfar Saba in the Ligat ha'Al last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Hapoel Ra'anana played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bnei Yehuda.
Hapoel Ra'anana aren't scoring a lot here at Netanya Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa, who have the most scored goals (29) in Ligat ha'Al, have an excellent away record in the Ligat ha'Al so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Maccabi Haifa's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Maccabi Tel Aviv game.
Two travels in a row for Maccabi Haifa, whose manager M. Balbul could celebrate last time after the Ligat ha'Al win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Ashdod.
Maccabi Haifa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. Maccabi Haifa's manager M. Balbul has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Ra'anana 4-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 3 - 6 (Hapoel Ra'anana wins - draws - Maccabi Haifa wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 7 goals |  T. Chery 6 goals |  D. Haziza 4 goals |
Hapoel Ra'anana missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 85% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 38% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 71% | 54% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 7 | 7.7 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | 72 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 70 | 167 |
| 37 | 26 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 35 | 86 |
| 30% | 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | 34% |
- Hapoel Ra'anana has the most conceded goals in the second half (13)
- Hapoel Ra'anana has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most points from losing position (10)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (29)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Ra'anana.
- Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 8 |