Beitar’s first half
Beitar is a club that is known to have plenty of energy and the fans at Teddy know exactly how to cheer their players on. We’re not sure if there is a connection but Beitar is definitely a very dangerous squad in the first half. The capital city side have scored the most goals (33) in the league and they also happen to be the club with the most goals scored in the first half with 18 as the enter Matchday 14. The next team is Hapoel Haifa with 11 goals in the first 45 minutes.
Maccabi’s passes
The stats tell us that Maccabi is one of the club’s who make the most passes into the box. The Yellow & Blue lead the league with 37 of them with an accuracy rate of 48%. In addition, Maccabi also is at the top of the league in accurate key passes with 60% or 8/13 per match.
Maccabi sits in second place with attempts on goal with 16.4 per match while Maccabi Netanya are in first with an average of 16.5.
Set pieces
Beitar is the only club who have scored in double digits when it comes to goals from set pieces (15). They have found the back of the goal 6 times from corners, 3 via non direct free kicks, 2 by free kicks and 4 penalties.
Another area that Beitar is excellent at is successful tackles both on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball winning 54% of their battles.
The loss of Vered and the danger of Shecter
Beitar will be without Idan Vered this evening who has been having a marvelous season to date. The midfielder has scored or assisted on 10 goals this campaign and is second to only Netanya’s Dia Sabia who leads the category with 14.
However, Itay Shechter will be available for Jerusalem and he’s super dangerous with 7 goals this season and also leads the league in drawing penalties with 4 so far this year.
