A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Markez Balata fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Thagafi Tulkarm's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Thagafi Tulkarm is in the worst form (0-2-4)
Markez Balata and Thagafi Tulkarm 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.
Markez Balata form and stats
3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the West Bank League numbers at home for Markez Balata so far this season.
Happy days for Markez in their previous game, a West Bank League match away at Shabab Al Am'ari (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Markez are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Arab American University Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Markez have only let in 1 goal at home.
Thagafi Tulkarm form and stats
The manager is not happy with the away performances in the West Bank League so far, as all 4 matches have been lost. Bitter travels for Thagafi as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Shabab Al Am'ari match.
A 0-1 defeat away at Taraji Wadi Al-Nes before that.
Thagafi Tulkarm are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. Thagafi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Markez Balata wins - draws - Thagafi Tulkarm wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Markez Balata missing players
Thagafi Tulkarm missing players
| Markez Balata | Thagafi Tulkarm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 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 | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 17.3 | 28 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 8 | 13 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 39% | 42% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 8% | 11% |
- Markez Balata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Markez Balata have scored more than double the goals of Thagafi Tulkarm.
- Markez Balata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Thagafi Tulkarm have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Thagafi Tulkarm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Thagafi Tulkarm have lost all their away matches so far.
- Thagafi Tulkarm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Thagafi Tulkarm haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Thagafi Tulkarm is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Markez Balata | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Shabab Alsamu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al-Bireh | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Hilal Al-Quds | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Tubas | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | -21 | 3 |