Hapoel Kfar Saba will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the best form (5-1-0)
It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Kfar Saba nor Maccabi Tel Aviv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Hapoel Kfar Saba, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligat ha'Al, have played 9 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Kfar, their manager E. Levy and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Hapoel Kfar Saba, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bnei Sakhnin away with the result 1-0. T. Machlof found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Hapoel Kfar Saba lost 0-1 at home to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
The victory against Bnei Sakhnin came after T. Machlof's winning goal. The Hapoel Kfar Saba manager E. Levy was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 25th minute.
Kfar has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Kfar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (21) away in Ligat ha'Al, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligat ha'Al. Things are running smoothly for Maccabi who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Ashdod. Maccabi has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Beitar Jerusalem.
Maccabi go into this game after a win, the home game against Hapoel Hadera that ended 3-1. Before that, Maccabi Tel Aviv secured a home win against Bnei Sakhnin with the score 1-0.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Maccabi as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Maccabi Tel Aviv - Kfar 3-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kfar won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Maccabi Tel Aviv has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  A. Pešić 7 goals |  L. Kizito 6 goals |
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 65% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 15% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 5% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 40% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8.4 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 35% | 46% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 36% |
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Kfar Saba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most points (21) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most points from losing position (12) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most scored goals (18) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 16 |