There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Maccabi Petah Tikva leading Hapoel Acre by 27 points.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maccabi have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. For Acre it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have the most scored goals (61) in Liga Leumit, have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga Leumit with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at HaMoshava Stadium.
It's back home for Maccabi Petah Tikva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kafr Qasim away with the result 3-0. Before that, Maccabi played out a State Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Beitar Jerusalem (after extra-time).
Maccabi are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew one and lost zero.
Maccabi are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (38 goals in 14 games). On the other hand, Maccabi have conceded 16 goals.
Hapoel Acre form and stats
Hapoel Acre have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga Leumit, after 1-6-7 (14 played). Two points from the last two away games for Acre, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Acre are looking to quickly end their 233 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Acre's previous game was their home loss versus Hapoel Katamon (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hapoel Ashkelon.
You'll want to know how Hapoel Acre managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in two away wins, one draw and one home win.
Acre are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 14 away games. It's not easy to score on Acre as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hapoel Acre - Maccabi 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi four wins, three draws and Hapoel Acre three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Cohen 10 goals |  D. Hugy 10 goals | T. Baribo 8 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Acre missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Acre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 61 | 38 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 25% | 57% | 79% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 45% |
| 55% | 71% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 38% | 64% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 14% | 29% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 59% | 71% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 34% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 48% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 287 | 155 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 99 | 212 |
| 133 | 76 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 39 | 87 |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 28% |
- All of Maccabi Petah Tikva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Acre has the fewest conceded goals (26)
- Hapoel Acre has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Hapoel Acre has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Hapoel Acre has the most matches under the total-line (20)
- Hapoel Acre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most points (35) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (38) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (61)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+22) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+33)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Acre.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 33 | 61 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 53 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 49 |
| 4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 48 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 46 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 42 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Kafr Qasim | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 34 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -9 | 31 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | -33 | 25 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -8 | 21 |