Maccabi Netanya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Maccabi Netanya has the most scored goals (15) at home in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (8) in Ligat ha'Al
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Maccabi Netanya, who have the most scored goals (15) at home in Ligat ha'Al, have played 7 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Maccabi, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Maccabi in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Bnei Sakhnin (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Maccabi lost 0-1 at home to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Kfar Saba in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is four days after this one.
The Maccabi Netanya manager R. Atteveld has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Maccabi have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Ligat ha'Al, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Maccabi Tel Aviv, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Maccabi goalkeeper Daniel Miller Tenenbaum is eager to challenge this, with his 473 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Maccabi Tel Aviv delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Bnei Yehuda (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Ligat ha'Al game. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Maccabi Petah Tikva.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Maccabi Haifa in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Maccabi Tel Aviv in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi 2-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Maccabi won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Maccabi Tel Aviv has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 8 goals |  Y. Malede 7 goals |  H. Ezra 4 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 80% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 60% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.9 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 44% | 38% |
- Maccabi Netanya has the most scored goals (15) at home in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Netanya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (8) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 10 |