Markez Balata and Al-Bireh are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the West Bank League season.
Markez Balata form and stats
Markez could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the West Bank League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Arab American University Stadium they witnessed 9 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D6 - L1 from 22 games.
Al-Bireh form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al-Bireh performed last season in the West Bank League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Markez wins - draws - Al-Bireh wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Markez Balata missing players
Al-Bireh missing players
| Markez Balata | Al-Bireh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Markez Balata | Last season | Al-Bireh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 77% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 45% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 50% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 140 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 142 | ||
| 80 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 58 | ||
| 49% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al-Bireh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hilal Al-Quds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Markez Balata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shabab Alsamu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tubas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 51 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Hilal Al-Quds | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Al-Bireh | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Shabab Alsamu | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 24 |
| 10 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 11 | Al-Ahli Qalqilya | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 26 | -25 | 14 |
| 12 | Palestinian Forces | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 27 | -58 | 4 |