West Bank League match preview: Tubas believed to be the weaker party when Thagafi Tulkarm pays a visit

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Competition: Palestine West Bank League
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arab American University Stadium (6740 seats)

Faithful supporters at Arab American University Stadium haven’t seen many wins this season, with Tubas lying uncomfortably in the 9th place. The guesting Thagafi Tulkarm will try to guard their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • Tubas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Thagafi Tulkarm have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in West Bank League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tubas form and stats

Tubas have played 6 West Bank League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, led his Tubas to a defeat away at Markez Balata. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arab American University Stadium.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Hilal Al-Quds and winning 1-0.

Tubas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arab American University Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Thagafi Tulkarm form and stats

There's been little loot from Thagafi Tulkarm's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the West Bank League. Thagafi Tulkarm only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. Thagafi has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 55 days ago, in the Jabal Al Mukaber fixture.

Thagafi Tulkarm played 1-1 against Shabab Al Khaleel in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al-Bireh.

The visiting Thagafi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Thagafi Tulkarm in these games.

Head 2 Head

Tubas and Thagafi Tulkarm have met before this season: Thagafi Tulkarm - Tubas 2-0. Head-to-head data (for the former three meetings): Tubas won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Thagafi Tulkarm got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Tubas missing players

Thagafi Tulkarm missing players

Tubas Thagafi Tulkarm
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 1 6 14
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
8 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
14 10 4 Scored S 1 7 15
27 9 3 Conceded C 1 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 71%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 29%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 14%
21% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
57% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
36% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
3.6 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.3
4.3 3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.6 3.4
1.9 1.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.8 9.1
3.4 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.9
26% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 12% 21%
 
15.7 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.2 7.7
7.2 6.3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 3.4
Key stats in West Bank League this season:
  • All of Tubas's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Thagafi Tulkarm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Thagafi Tulkarm have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in West Bank League
  • Thagafi Tulkarm have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in West Bank League
  • Thagafi Tulkarm have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Tubas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Tubas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tubas have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tubas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Tubas 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 Jabal Al Mukaber 14 11 2 1 32 11 7 6 1 0 16 6 7 5 1 1 16 5 21 35
2 Shabab Al Khaleel 14 10 4 0 24 7 6 5 1 0 9 1 8 5 3 0 15 6 17 34
3 Shabab Alsamu 14 7 3 4 29 21 8 3 1 4 18 18 6 4 2 0 11 3 8 24
4 Markez Balata 15 7 3 5 19 15 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 4 1 2 11 7 4 24
5 Hilal Al-Quds 14 6 3 5 18 12 8 3 2 3 10 5 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 21
6 Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 15 6 3 6 21 26 7 1 3 3 7 9 8 5 0 3 14 17 -5 21
7 Islami Kalkelea 14 5 4 5 16 12 7 4 2 1 13 4 7 1 2 4 3 8 4 19
8 Thagafi Tulkarm 14 4 7 3 15 14 8 3 4 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 19
9 Tubas 14 3 3 8 14 27 6 2 2 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 4 18 -13 12
10 Al-Bireh 14 1 6 7 13 21 6 0 1 5 6 12 8 1 5 2 7 9 -8 9
11 Shabab Al Am'ari 14 2 2 10 20 32 7 2 2 3 13 15 7 0 0 7 7 17 -12 8
12 Markaz Tulkarm 14 2 2 10 11 34 7 1 0 6 3 18 7 1 2 4 8 16 -23 8