The league table is allowed to rest as Hapoel Afula and Beitar Jerusalem battle for State Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Beitar Jerusalem could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligat ha'Al game only four sleeps ago.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Afula was eliminated in the 8th round last season in the State Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Afula Illit Stadium as Hapoel Afula have scored 15 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga Leumit are 6-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Hapoel Afula in their previous match, an away game at Maccabi Petah Tikva that ended in defeat 1-2.
Before that, Afula drew at home versus Agudat Sport Ashdod.Hapoel Afula are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. As for guarding their own goal, Hapoel Afula have only let in {5 goals} at home.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
Jerusalem's mission in State Cup last season failed in the round of 16.As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Beitar Jerusalem have produced an overall stat of 3-1-5 so far.
Beitar Jerusalem might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hapoel Hadera proved too strong as Beitar Jerusalem slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Teddi Malcha Stadium.
Prior to that result Beitar Jerusalem won their away game at Maccabi Bnei Raina in the Ligat ha'Al. The scoreline was 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligat ha'Al trip to Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
Jerusalem find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Beitar Jerusalem's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
One of the stars has been Houja with 2 goals scored against Hapoel Afula in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Moreno Asprilla 11 goals |  I. Nicolăescu 11 goals |  R. Elimelech 5 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Beitar Jerusalem | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 35% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 Petah Tikva | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Ironi Tiberias | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 18 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -20 | 5 |
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 44 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 26 | 42 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Ashdod | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
