The Markez Balata & Shabab Al Khaleel managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the West Bank League league table.
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (7) in West Bank League
- Shabab Al Khaleel is in the best form (4-2-0)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Markez Balata form and stats
The story so far in the West Bank League for Markez Balata, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in West Bank League, at their home stadium (Arab American University Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Markez has won their last four matches.
It's back home for Markez, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al-Bireh away with the result 2-1. Before that match, a win away at Ahli Al-Khalil.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Markez have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Markez after this match as they are travelling to Hilal Al-Quds for a West Bank League game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Markez are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Markez Balata have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Shabab Al Khaleel form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Shabab Al Khaleel playing as the away team in the West Bank League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Khaleel as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Khaleel won their last game, 1-0 versus Jabal Al Mukaber played at home. Before that, Khaleel secured a home win against Taraji Wadi Al-Nes with the score 4-1.
Khaleel has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Shabab Al Khaleel have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Shabab Al Khaleel - Markez 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Markez Balata two wins, five draws and Shabab Al Khaleel zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Markez Balata missing players
Shabab Al Khaleel missing players
| Markez Balata | Shabab Al Khaleel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 58% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 17% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 58% |
| 50% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 17.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 13.3 | 13.7 |
| 5.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 37% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | 22% |
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (7) in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the most clean sheets (6) in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in West Bank League
- Markez Balata has the the best goal difference (+14) in West Bank League
- Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Markez Balata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shabab Al Khaleel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shabab Al Khaleel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Shabab Al Khaleel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shabab Al Khaleel is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | Shabab Alsamu | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Hilal Al-Quds | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Bireh | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Tubas | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 11 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 7 |
| 12 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 21 | -28 | 4 |