The visiting Markez Balata side should be favourites in this visit to Al-Bireh, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their nine league games this season.
Al-Bireh and Markez Balata should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al-Bireh form and stats
Al-Bireh have collected 8 points from their West Bank League home games so far after 2-2-0.
Al-Bireh drew their last game, 1-1 away at Jabal Al Mukaber (placed 7th). Ahead of that match, Al-Bireh won a home game hosting Thagafi Tulkarm (2-0).
Al-Bireh has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Al-Bireh have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Markez Balata form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Markez Balata, who have the most clean sheets (4) in West Bank League, playing as the away team in the West Bank League this season.
The Markez Balata goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 540 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Markez Balata are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the West Bank League against Hilal Al-Quds (placed 6th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Jabal Al Mukaber with the score of 2-0.
Markez Balata find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Markez Balata's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Al-Bireh victory, 1 draw and 0 Markez Balata wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Al-Bireh missing players
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| Al-Bireh | Markez Balata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 11% |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 1 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 36% |
- Al-Bireh have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al-Bireh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Bireh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al-Bireh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al-Bireh have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Markez Balata has the most clean sheets (4)
- Markez Balata has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Markez Balata have not yet lost a game.
- Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Markez Balata have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Markez Balata is in the best form (4-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Markez Balata | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Hilal Al-Quds | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Shabab Alsamu | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Al-Bireh | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Al-Ahli Qalqilya | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Palestinian Forces | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -18 | 2 |