Maccabi Petah Tikva will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Ashdod.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ligat ha'Al
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ligat ha'Al, have to build on here at HaMoshava Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Baribo was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Maccabi in their previous match, an away game at Hapoel Kfar Saba that ended in defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match, Maccabi Petah Tikva lost 0-1 at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Haifa in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is three days after this one.
Maccabi Petah Tikva aren't scoring a lot here at HaMoshava Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. As for guarding their own goal, Maccabi Petah Tikva have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ashdod form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Ashdod had fun at their own home (HaMoshava Stadium) last time out, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-1. F. Bayo and R. Gordana scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Beitar Jerusalem at their stadium, the result 2-1.
After this away game Ashdod return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Bnei Yehuda. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ashdod have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ashdod - Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Maccabi won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Ashdod has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Abada 4 goals | T. Baribo 4 goals |  S. Azulay 3 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 33% | 12% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 33% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 40% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.6 | 9.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 31% |
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ligat ha'Al
| 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 |