Struggling Shabab Alsamu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Markez Balata in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Shabab Alsamu form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the West Bank League numbers at home for Shabab Alsamu so far this season.
The Shabab Alsamu crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Shabab Al Am'ari here at Dora International Stadium in a West Bank League match. Before that, Shabab Alsamu played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Shabab Al Khaleel.
A decent goal production from Shabab Alsamu in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Shabab Alsamu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Markez Balata form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (29) in West Bank League, on their West Bank League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shabab Al Am'ari wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Markez Balata are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Markez Balata as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Markez Balata - Shabab Alsamu 1-0 entered in the official records. Shabab Alsamu-Markez Balata H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Shabab Alsamu one win, Markez Balata three wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Shabab Alsamu missing players
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| Shabab Alsamu | Markez Balata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 59% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | 22 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 95 |
| 24 | 9 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 26 | 51 |
| 54% | 89% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 35% |
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Markez Balata has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Markez Balata has the most scored goals (29)
- Markez Balata has the most scored goals in the first half (7)
- Markez Balata has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Markez Balata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shabab Alsamu has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Shabab Alsamu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Shabab Alsamu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shabab Alsamu have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shabab Alsamu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Am'ari | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Hilal Al-Quds | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Ahli Al-Khalil | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Khaleel | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Al-Bireh | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Taraji Wadi Al-Nes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Shabab Alsamu | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Thagafi Tulkarm | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Al-Ahli Qalqilya | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | Palestinian Forces | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -40 | 4 |