The league table in West Bank League tells a story about these teams so far, with Hilal Al-Quds leading Al-Bireh by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Hilal Al-Quds saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the AFC Cup. That game was an away game at Al Ahed, so at least Hilal Al-Quds are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Hilal Al-Quds form and stats
When playing at home in the West Bank League, Hilal Al-Quds have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 6 games.
Hilal Al-Quds faced defeat in their previous match, away at Al Ahed (1-2). In the game before, an away victory in the West Bank League match versus Palestinian Forces with a 2-0 scoreline.
The Hilal Al-Quds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Hilal Al-Quds have conceded only 4 goals.
Al-Bireh form and stats
There's been little loot from Al-Bireh's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the West Bank League. Al-Bireh only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Al-Bireh go into this game after a win, the home game against Shabab Alsamu that ended 1-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shabab Al Am'ari wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.
The attacking power of Al-Bireh when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Al-Bireh have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al-Bireh - Hilal Al-Quds 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hilal Al-Quds three wins, zero draws and Al-Bireh one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Hilal Al-Quds missing players
Al-Bireh missing players
| Hilal Al-Quds | Al-Bireh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 50 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 31 | 73 |
| 26 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 58% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 24% |
- Al-Bireh has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Al-Bireh have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al-Bireh have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al-Bireh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al-Bireh have yet to win a game away.
- Al-Bireh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hilal Al-Quds have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hilal Al-Quds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hilal Al-Quds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hilal Al-Quds have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Bireh have scored away.
- Hilal Al-Quds have won at least twice as many corners 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 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 4 | Hilal Al-Quds | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Shabab Alsamu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Bireh | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Al-Ahli Qalqilya | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Palestinian Forces | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -29 | 3 |