National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Tel Aviv or Maccabi Petah Tikva that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Last season, Hapoel Tel Aviv's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the semi-finals.The supporters are hoping that Hapoel Tel Aviv will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Toto Cup Ligat Al fixture against Ashdod.
A 1-1 result against Hapoel Petah Tikva before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Hapoel Tel Aviv, who have participated in three training matches. Hapoel Tel Aviv have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 11th place final.The club members enjoyed Maccabi's previous match versus Hapoel Katamon, a Toto Cup Ligat Al win (2-1) played at home.
Before that game, 1-1 away against Ashdod in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
It's a day of discovery for Maccabi Petah Tikva as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Maccabi Petah Tikva have played four with the results W1-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Maccabi Petah Tikva has scored {6 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Tel Aviv have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Maccabi Petah Tikva.The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 27 | 47 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
