Maccabi Tel Aviv greet Hapoel Nazareth Illit as clear favourites: Read our football preview

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Wed 01.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

The lights are on for Ligat ha'Al and Maccabi Tel Aviv - Hapoel Nazareth Illit. In this preview and prediction you'll find statistics, previous results, numbercrunching, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most conceded goals (16) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi and Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Maccabi Tel Aviv have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Maccabi are returning here after visiting Hapoel Haifa in a Ligat ha'Al game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against LASK Linz with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Maccabi home games with this odds we find 18 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 14 wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, eight matches were won by at least two goals.

Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Beitar Jerusalem awaits in four days.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats

Playing away, Hapoel Nazareth Illit have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Hapoel Nazareth Illit in their previous game, as they lost their Ligat ha'Al-match, hosting Bnei Sakhnin, 1-2.

Before that, Nazareth travelled to Hapoel Hadera and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

A new game in only four days for Hapoel Nazareth Illit, the Ligat ha'Al home match versus Maccabi Haifa. Busy days.

The attacking power of Nazareth when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Nazareth have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last three meetings between these two participants are: zero wins for Maccabi Tel Aviv, three draws and zero wins for Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Tel AvivS. Perica
S. Perica
4 goals
MaccabiB. Kuwas
B. Kuwas
2 goals
Hapoel Nazareth IllitS. Nachmani
S. Nachmani
2 goals

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 3 Played P 2 5 10
4 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 0 3 4
14 5 2 Scored S 3 4 10
16 5 3 Conceded C 1 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 80%
90% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 60%
50% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 40%
10% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 40%
20% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 40%
 
7 8.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6 5.6
2.8 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4 5.3
1.8 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.6 14.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 8.6
5.8 5.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.3
24% 18% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 30%
 
7.8 7.2 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.2 8.3
3.7 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 3.5
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most conceded goals (16) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv 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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10 6 4 0 16 7 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 3 2 0 7 3 9 22
2 Maccabi Haifa 10 6 2 2 21 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 5 2 2 1 10 6 12 20
3 Hapoel Haifa 10 5 2 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 17
4 Bnei Sakhnin 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 3 1 1 7 3 1 15
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 4 3 3 13 13 5 2 0 3 4 9 5 2 3 0 9 4 0 15
6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 10 4 2 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 5 5 5 2 0 3 9 11 -2 14
7 Hapoel Hadera 10 3 5 2 7 9 4 0 3 1 0 3 6 3 2 1 7 6 -2 14
8 Beitar Jerusalem 10 3 3 4 10 9 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 2 0 3 6 4 1 12
9 Maccabi Netanya 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 12
10 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 10 3 3 4 10 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 1 1 3 4 9 -3 12
11 Ashdod 10 3 2 5 11 13 6 2 1 3 7 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 -2 11
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 10 2 3 5 9 12 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 0 1 4 1 7 -3 9
13 Hapoel Katamon 10 2 3 5 5 13 5 2 1 2 4 8 5 0 2 3 1 5 -8 9
14 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10 2 2 6 8 15 5 1 0 4 3 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 -7 8