Ligat ha'Al match prediction and preview for Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Hapoel Kfar Saba clash

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Tel Aviv holding 12th place and Hapoel Kfar Saba lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligat ha'Al

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats

Hapoel Tel Aviv's results here at Bloomfield Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al have been very modest with 1 victory, 7 draws and 5 defeats. With twelve home Ligat ha'Al games in a row without a win, the Hapoel Tel Aviv fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Hapoel Hadera game long ago, can be stopped today.

The Aviv goalkeeper Ernestas Setkus is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.

The spoils were shared in Hapoel Tel Aviv's previous game, also at home. Visiting Beitar Jerusalem travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Hapoel Kfar Shalem.

Aviv aren't scoring a lot here at Bloomfield Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded 17 goals.

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Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats

Hapoel Kfar Saba, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligat ha'Al, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 2-3-8 (13 played). Kfar are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bnei Sakhnin fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of Hapoel Kfar Saba, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Hapoel Kfar Saba have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 197 minutes ago. O. Dasa was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Kfar in their previous game, as they lost their Ligat ha'Al-match, hosting Maccabi Netanya, 0-1. Prior to that match, the Hapoel Kfar Saba manager I. Shum faced defeat when travelling to Bnei Sakhnin and losing 0-3.

The attacking power of Kfar when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Kfar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Tel Aviv - Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aviv five wins, three draws and Hapoel Kfar Saba two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Tel AvivO. Altman
O. Altman
7 goals
Hapoel Kfar SabaL. Kizito
L. Kizito
7 goals
Hapoel Kfar SabaO. Fadida
O. Fadida
5 goals

Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players

Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Kfar Saba
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
8 1 0 Won W 2 2 6
10 8 2 Drew D 0 3 5
12 6 2 Lost L 2 10 19
19 7 2 Scored S 5 9 21
30 19 5 Conceded C 6 27 42
87% 73% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
50% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 60%
20% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 40%
7% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
30% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 37%
40% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 13%
43% 60% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 53% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.5
3 3 1 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
7.2 6.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.4 7.6
3 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.2 2.3
21% 16% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 27% 31%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Kfar Saba is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) 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 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