Hapoel Iksal vs Sektzia Nes Tziona — Liga Leumit 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 40+ matches
Hapoel Iksal40%
Sektzia Nes Tziona33%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Hapoel Iksal creates 12% more chances
Season form · 40 home / 55 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under53
- Over47
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Hapoel Iksal ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Hapoel Iksal at home — creates 1.25, concedes 1.30 · 40 matches
Sektzia Nes Tziona away — creates 1.13, concedes 1.47 · 55 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Hapoel Iksal attack 1.25 + Sektzia Nes Tziona defence 1.47 → ÷2 → 1.36
Sektzia Nes Tziona attack 1.13 + Hapoel Iksal defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.21
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 40%?"
Hapoel Iksal at 40% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 40% does not mean "Hapoel Iksal will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Hapoel Iksal host Sektzia Nes Tziona on Monday, 24 January 2022 at 17:00. The match is part of the Liga Leumit 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Hapoel Iksal vs Sektzia Nes Tziona
Hapoel Iksal beat Sektzia Nes Tziona 2-1 in Liga Leumit on January 24, 2022.
Goals: D. Bitton (29'), A. Salem (58'), O. Rabinowitz (90+1').
The match was played at HaMoshava Stadium in Petach-Tikva.