The league table in Ligat ha'Al tells a story about these teams so far, with Ashdod leading Hapoel Tel Aviv by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
- Ashdod has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the fewest scored goals (5) in Ligat ha'Al
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligat ha'Al.
Ashdod form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yud-Alef Stadium as Ashdod have scored 10 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Ligat ha'Al are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Ashdod against Beitar Jerusalem the last match, as F. Bayo and D. David were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Hapoel Haifa (0-1).
A late climax in the match against Beitar Jerusalem as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by F. Bayo.
Ashdod have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yud-Alef Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Ashdod are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yud-Alef Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Ligat ha'Al, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 1-0-5 (6 played).
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.
After this away game Aviv return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Hapoel Haifa. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Hapoel Tel Aviv's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hapoel Tel Aviv - Ashdod 0-2 earlier this season. Ashdod-Hapoel Tel Aviv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ashdod four wins, Hapoel Tel Aviv three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Azulay 3 goals | D. David 3 goals |  S. Yehezkel 3 goals |
Ashdod missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Ashdod | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | 7.7 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 13% |
- Ashdod has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ashdod have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the fewest scored goals (5) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 Haifa | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Ashdod | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 14 |
| 12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 14 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 10 |