Liga Leumit match preview: Hapoel Ashkelon versus Maccabi Petah Tikva

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Competition: Israel Liga Leumit
Date: Fri 25.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sala Stadium (10000 seats)

The managers M. Ivanir and G. Luzon are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga Leumit league table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hapoel Ashkelon form and stats

2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Ashkelon so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Hapoel Ashkelon, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Hapoel Ashkelon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Hapoel Katamon here at Sala Stadium in a Liga Leumit match. Before that game, the home loss against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm with the scoreline 0-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Ashkelon, as the State Cup home game vs Maccabi Yavne is only four days away.

Hapoel Ashkelon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hapoel Ashkelon defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats

Playing away, Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have the most scored goals (19) in Liga Leumit, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga Leumit this season. Maccabi Petah Tikva have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Maccabi Petah Tikva on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Maccabi Petah Tikva won their last game, 4-3 versus Hapoel Ramat HaSharon played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Hapoel Afula with the score of 1-0.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Maccabi Petah Tikva, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi Petah Tikva manager G. Luzon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hapoel Ramat Gan.

Maccabi Petah Tikva find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Maccabi Petah Tikva are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 1 - 9 (Hapoel Ashkelon wins - draws - Maccabi Petah Tikva wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel AshkelonU. Parado
U. Parado
6 goals
Maccabi Petah TikvaT. Baribo
T. Baribo
5 goals
Maccabi Petah TikvaL. Cohen
L. Cohen
4 goals

Hapoel Ashkelon missing players

Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players

Hapoel Ashkelon Maccabi Petah Tikva
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
9 6 2 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 7
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
4 3 2 Lost L 0 0 0
14 8 1 Scored S 1 5 19
14 9 3 Conceded C 1 1 8
89% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 78%
78% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 44%
44% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 22%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 56%
11% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 44%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 4.5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5.5 4.9
4.9 5 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 4.2
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.8
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have not yet lost a game.
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Hapoel Ashkelon
All Toto Cup Ligat ha'Al Liga Leumit State Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
23-09-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 2 - 1 Hapoel Afula
27-09-19 LL Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 3 - 0 Hapoel Ashkelon
07-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 4 - 2 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
11-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 0 - 1 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
17-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 1 - 2 Hapoel Katamon
25-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 14:00 Maccabi Petah Tikva
29-10-19 SC Hapoel Ashkelon 01:00 Maccabi Yavne
01-11-19 LL Kafr Qasim 14:00 Hapoel Ashkelon
08-11-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 14:00 Hapoel Acre
29-11-19 LL Hapoel Nazareth Illit 14:00 Hapoel Ashkelon
Maccabi Petah Tikva
All Toto Cup Ligat ha'Al Liga Leumit State Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
19-09-19 LL Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 - 0 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
26-09-19 LL Hapoel Petah Tikva 0 - 2 Maccabi Petah Tikva
04-10-19 LL Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 - 1 Hapoel Bnei Lod
10-10-19 LL Hapoel Afula 0 - 1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
17-10-19 LL Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 - 3 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
25-10-19 LL Hapoel Ashkelon 14:00 Maccabi Petah Tikva
29-10-19 SC Hapoel Ramat Gan 01:00 Maccabi Petah Tikva
01-11-19 LL Maccabi Petah Tikva 14:00 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
08-11-19 LL Hapoel Katamon 18:00 Maccabi Petah Tikva
29-11-19 LL Maccabi Petah Tikva 14:00 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

  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 Petah Tikva 9 7 2 0 19 8 5 4 1 0 14 7 4 3 1 0 5 1 11 23
2 Hapoel Ashkelon 9 4 1 4 14 14 6 2 1 3 8 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 22
3 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 9 6 1 2 17 9 5 3 1 1 10 5 4 3 0 1 7 4 8 19
4 Hapoel Katamon 9 6 1 2 16 8 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 4 0 1 11 3 8 19
5 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9 6 1 2 13 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 4 0 1 7 3 6 19
6 Kafr Qasim 9 3 4 2 13 9 5 1 3 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 13
7 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 9 4 1 4 14 12 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 5 7 2 13
8 Bnei Sakhnin 9 4 1 4 13 14 4 2 0 2 6 6 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 13
9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 9 3 3 3 12 11 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 1 3 1 8 7 1 12
10 Hapoel Acre 9 3 3 3 11 10 5 3 2 0 10 5 4 0 1 3 1 5 1 12
11 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 9 2 4 3 9 13 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 3 1 6 8 -4 10
12 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 9
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 9 2 3 4 7 10 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 0 3 2 3 6 -3 9
14 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 9 2 2 5 13 18 4 2 0 2 6 6 5 0 2 3 7 12 -5 8
15 Hapoel Bnei Lod 9 2 0 7 10 25 4 1 0 3 5 12 5 1 0 4 5 13 -15 6
16 Hapoel Afula 9 0 2 7 5 16 5 0 2 3 3 8 4 0 0 4 2 8 -11 2

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