Can Al-Bireh beat Markez Balata in Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium clash?

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Competition: Palestine West Bank League
Competition: Wed 27.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium (12500 seats)

Al-Bireh will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Markez Balata.

Insights:
  • Al-Bireh have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (6) in West Bank League

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Al-Bireh form and stats

When playing at home in the West Bank League, Al-Bireh have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al-Bireh, who played 1-1 against Jabal Al Mukaber. That match was also played at this venue (Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Taraji Wadi Al-Nes.

A decent goal production from Al-Bireh in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Markez Balata form and stats

3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Markez Balata, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in West Bank League, in their West Bank League matches away. Markez love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Markez have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 208 minutes since they last conceded in West Bank League.

Markez play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Ahli Al-Khalil (placed 9th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Thagafi Tulkarm.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Markez have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. It's not easy to score on Markez as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Markez Balata - Al-Bireh 4-0 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Al-Bireh victory, one draw and three Markez Balata wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Al-Bireh missing players

Markez Balata missing players

Al-Bireh Markez Balata
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 6 11
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
13 9 3 Scored S 3 7 19
15 6 4 Conceded C 2 5 6
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
45% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 36%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
18% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 27%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 55%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.5 11.4
4.7 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 5
23% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 38%
Key stats in West Bank League this season:
  • Al-Bireh have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al-Bireh haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (6) in West Bank League
  • Markez Balata has the most clean sheets (6) in West Bank League
  • Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 11 7 2 2 19 6 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 3 2 1 7 5 13 23
2 Shabab Al Khaleel 11 6 4 1 17 10 6 4 2 0 9 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 7 22
3 Jabal Al Mukaber 11 6 4 1 16 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 3 0 8 5 6 22
4 Shabab Al Am'ari 11 6 2 3 23 10 5 4 0 1 13 4 6 2 2 2 10 6 13 20
5 Al-Bireh 11 4 3 4 13 15 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -2 15
6 Hilal Al-Quds 11 3 5 3 12 8 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 7 5 4 14
7 Shabab Alsamu 11 3 5 3 14 12 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 4 1 8 4 2 14
8 Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 11 2 7 2 10 10 6 1 5 0 5 4 5 1 2 2 5 6 0 13
9 Ahli Al-Khalil 11 3 4 4 5 7 6 1 4 1 3 4 5 2 0 3 2 3 -2 13
10 Tubas 11 2 4 5 11 19 5 0 1 4 3 12 6 2 3 1 8 7 -8 10
11 Thagafi Tulkarm 11 1 3 7 7 15 6 1 3 2 6 7 5 0 0 5 1 8 -8 6
12 Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 11 1 1 9 7 32 5 1 0 4 5 13 6 0 1 5 2 19 -25 4