Hapoel Hadera vs FC Ashdod Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Hapoel Hadera

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Hapoel Hadera will play in this match following a 2-2 Ligat HaAl draw against Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

Itamar Shviro (11') and Ivan Bakhar (70') scored for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

Hapoel Hadera have struggled with their forward play of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 versus opposing sides during the course of their last six outings. In those meetings, Hapoel Hadera have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 12.

Pre-game facts show that Hapoel Hadera:

• are winless against FC Ashdod in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 8 home league matches. They have been so resilient here.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

FC Ashdod

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FC Ashdod will go into this meeting following a 3-0 Ligat HaAl win with the eclipse of Maccabi Bnei Reineh in their most recent outing.

For FC Ashdod, the scorers were Mohammad Kna'an (20') and Noar Sabag (41').

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Ashdod have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. At the back, FC Ashdod have clearly had some problems. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 19/12/2020 tells us that Hapoel Hadera have won 2 of them & FC Ashdod 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined total of 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from Hadera and 8 being from The Dolphins. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league match between these clubs was Ligat HaAl match day 6 on 01/10/2022 when it ended FC Ashdod 1-1 Hapoel Hadera.

ℹ️ Team News: Hapoel Hadera

The Hapoel Hadera boss Asaf Nimni will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📰 Team News: FC Ashdod

In an otherwise available squad, there is just the sole fitness worry for the FC Ashdod boss Ran Ben Shimon to be concerned about. Tom Ben Zaken (Unknown Injury) won’t be in action. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Montari Kamaheni and Shalev Harush.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment here is that Hapoel Hadera could find themselves struggling to register a score against this FC Ashdod side who we reckon should end up scoring and staying ahead.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 0-1 victory for FC Ashdod at the end of this one.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 01:51 17/01/2023