Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Tel Aviv & Hapoel Petah Tikva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Hapoel Petah Tikva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only four sleeps ago.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.The Hapoel Tel Aviv boss Valkanis and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hapoel Katamon in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hapoel Hadera.There will be little rest for Aviv after this match as they are travelling to Ashdod for a Toto Cup Ligat Al game in only three days.
Hapoel Tel Aviv have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Hapoel Tel Aviv have scored {1 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Toto Cup Ligat Al home loss versus Hapoel Katamon with 1-5 on the scoreboard.
Before that game, 0-0 away against Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
Just as the home team, Hapoel Petah Tikva have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Hapoel Tel Aviv, two draws and two wins for Hapoel Petah Tikva. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Katamon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
