The Ligat ha'Al league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva are placed 11th and 4th respectively.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Tel Aviv have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
The Hapoel Tel Aviv supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Hadera in Ligat ha'Al and win 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Beitar Jerusalem that ended 1-1.
Aviv made it very difficult for themselves, when R. Shlomo got a red card in the 87th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Hapoel Tel Aviv won the match 1-0!
Aviv are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Ironi Kiryat Shmona awaits in three days.
Hapoel Tel Aviv aren't scoring a lot here at Bloomfield Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Aviv have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Things could have gone better for Maccabi Petah Tikva in their Ligat ha'Al away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligat ha'Al home defeat versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Hapoel Haifa.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi Petah Tikva manager G. Luzon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Beitar Jerusalem.
2 goals so far away for Maccabi Petah Tikva, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hapoel Tel Aviv won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Maccabi Petah Tikva has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineTop Goalscorers
  O. Altman 2 goals |   T. Baribo 2 goals | O. Davida 1 goals |
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Last season | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 26 | 66 | ||
| 55 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 81% | ||
| 58% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 49% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 30% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 33% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 51% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 296 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 150 | 357 | ||
| 110 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 159 | ||
| 28% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 1 |