Ligat ha'Al information and data: Ironi Kiryat Shmona small betting favourite to top Bnei Sakhnin

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Mon 31.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium (5300 seats)

Ironi Kiryat Shmona have harvested 11 of their 25 in total here at their own stadium. How will they do against Bnei Sakhnin?

Insights:
  • Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Ironi Kiryat Shmona have to build on here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al. The home fans are hungry for more even though Kiryat have been steadily collecting points here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium through three straight draws.

No payout for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in their previous match, an away game at Hapoel Hadera that ended in defeat 0-2.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Beitar Jerusalem.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ironi Kiryat Shmona handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and two defeats.

The Ironi Kiryat Shmona fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ironi Kiryat Shmona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligat ha'Al. Recent form does not give Sakhnin much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ironi Kiryat Shmona will be a tough nut to crack.

The attacking players of Bnei Sakhnin have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 195 minutes.

Bnei Sakhnin's previous game was their home loss versus Ashdod (0-1).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Maccabi Netanya's place.

Bnei Sakhnin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Bnei Sakhnin's away games in the league this season with only 9 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Bnei Sakhnin in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bnei Sakhnin - Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0-3 was the result in these squads' last h2h match, played this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Kiryat, two draws and two wins for Bnei Sakhnin. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Ironi Kiryat ShmonaI. Shviro
I. Shviro
6 goals
Bnei SakhninB. Kayal
B. Kayal
5 goals
Bnei SakhninG. Melamed
G. Melamed
5 goals

Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Ironi Kiryat Shmona Bnei Sakhnin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
8 4 0 Lost L 2 4 8
24 10 4 Scored S 2 9 20
26 13 2 Conceded C 3 10 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
74% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 68%
42% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 58%
26% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 21%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
42% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 42%
26% 22% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 32%
32% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 37%
 
3.2 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 3.6
4.5 4.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8.7 6.3
2.5 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.2 2.9
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.1 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 6.3 7.5
3.9 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.3 3.3
32% 26% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 43% 32%
 
11.2 11.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.8 9
4.8 5.1 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4 4.1
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Bnei Sakhnin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 14 4 2 50 16 10 8 1 1 23 8 10 6 3 1 27 8 34 46
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 20 14 4 2 32 13 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 7 2 1 12 5 19 46
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 20 10 5 5 34 27 10 4 5 1 13 9 10 6 0 4 21 18 7 35
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 9 6 5 30 22 10 4 2 4 11 14 10 5 4 1 19 8 8 33
5 Hapoel Haifa 20 8 5 7 30 27 10 5 2 3 17 11 10 3 3 4 13 16 3 29
6 Hapoel Hadera 20 7 8 5 18 20 9 3 4 2 8 8 11 4 4 3 10 12 -2 29
7 Maccabi Netanya 20 6 8 6 22 22 11 4 4 3 12 11 9 2 4 3 10 11 0 26
8 Ashdod 20 8 2 10 23 26 10 3 1 6 12 17 10 5 1 4 11 9 -3 26
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 19 7 4 8 24 26 9 3 2 4 10 13 10 4 2 4 14 13 -2 25
10 Bnei Sakhnin 19 7 4 8 20 27 10 4 2 4 11 17 9 3 2 4 9 10 -7 25
11 Beitar Jerusalem 20 4 5 11 19 29 9 2 3 4 8 11 11 2 2 7 11 18 -10 17
12 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 20 4 5 11 17 36 10 3 2 5 9 16 10 1 3 6 8 20 -19 17
13 Hapoel Katamon 20 3 7 10 14 28 11 3 3 5 10 16 9 0 4 5 4 12 -14 16
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 2 5 13 14 28 10 2 3 5 10 14 10 0 2 8 4 14 -14 11