Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Maccabi Tel Aviv in 8th and Hapoel Kfar Saba in 7th place.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have yet to win a game at home.
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the most points from losing position (6) in Ligat ha'Al
The hosts Maccabi saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Villarreal, was also a home game here at Winner Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Two Ligat ha'Al home games so far for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who are yet to win here at Winner Stadium. Only 1 point so far.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Maccabi, who played 1-1 against Villarreal. That match was also played at this venue (Winner Stadium). In the game before, an away victory in the Ligat ha'Al match versus Hapoel Hadera with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Maccabi home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, four draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Qarabag in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.
At Winner Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
The Ligat ha'Al season is young and Hapoel Kfar Saba, who have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Ligat ha'Al, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
L. Kizito (2) scored in Kfar's previous match, the home game against Maccabi Haifa that ended 3-2. A loss against Bnei Sakhnin was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kfar played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kfar's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 3 matches. Hapoel Kfar Saba struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Maccabi wins - draws - Hapoel Kfar Saba wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Fadida 3 goals | L. Kizito 3 goals |  Y. Cohen 2 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 83% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 57% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 9 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 36% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Kfar Saba has the most points from losing position (6) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have failed to score a single goal away.
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have yet to win a game away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have yet to win a game at 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 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 4 |