The visiting Maccabi Petah Tikva side should be favourites in this visit to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
Maccabi Petah Tikva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a State Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Beitar Jerusalem, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have to build on here at Ilut Stadium in the Liga Leumit. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A good away victory last time out for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, who won 2-1 against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (placed 8th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Hapoel Katamon.
There will be little rest for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Petah Tikva for a Liga Leumit game in only four days.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ilut Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (58) in Liga Leumit, on their Liga Leumit travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Maccabi Petah Tikva has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Beitar Jerusalem (after extra-time) for a State Cup game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Maccabi Petah Tikva secured a home win against Hapoel Katamon with the score 3-1.
Maccabi Petah Tikva has another fixture away, a Liga Leumit game, against Kafr Qasim in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Maccabi Petah Tikva are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. Maccabi Petah Tikva are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Maccabi Petah Tikva - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, zero draws and four wins for Maccabi Petah Tikva. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Hugy 10 goals | L. Cohen 9 goals | T. Baribo 8 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 58 |
| 34 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 85% | 93% |
| 37% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 56% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 41% |
| 11% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 56% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 63% |
| 30% | 46% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 33% |
| 30% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 8% | 4% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 218 | 103 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 122 | 277 |
| 85 | 38 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 53 | 129 |
| 31% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | 45% |
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the fewest conceded goals (11) away
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (58)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals in the second half (38)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored more than double the goals of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Kafr Qasim | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 25 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -9 | 17 |