It's the second chance for points this season as Shabab Al Khaleel and Markez Balata battle it out at Dora International Stadium.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Shabab Al Khaleel form and stats
In their previous game, led his Khaleel to a defeat in the West Bank League match away at Jabal Al Mukaber. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dora International Stadium. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jabal Al Mukaber in a game that was won 3-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Khaleel as they are travelling to their away game against Tubas in the West Bank League. That match is three days after this one.
Last season, Shabab Al Khaleel's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the West Bank League. Over these 22 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Shabab Al Khaleel managed 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 11 conceded.
Markez Balata form and stats
Markez are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the West Bank League against Al-Bireh (placed 11th). Prior to that result Markez won their away game at Taraji Wadi Al-Nes. The scoreline was 5-2.
As mentioned above, Markez Balata was the only team on the pitch versus Al-Bireh in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hilal Al-Quds in just four days.
Let's have a look at how Markez Balata performed last season in the West Bank League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 50 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 23/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Khaleel won zero, Markez Balata won two and four draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Shabab Al Khaleel missing players
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| Shabab Al Khaleel | Markez Balata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Shabab Al Khaleel | Last season | Markez Balata | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 45% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 50% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 55% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 45% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 9% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 126 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 83 | 140 | ||
| 52 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 80 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hilal Al-Quds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Markez Balata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Shabab Alsamu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Tubas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Al-Bireh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 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 |