Only a win will satisfy the Maccabi Petah Tikva supporters in this HaMoshava Stadium clash with Hapoel Ashkelon, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Liga Leumit table.
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.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have the most scored goals (52) in Liga Leumit, have performed here at HaMoshava Stadium this season with 9 wins from 12 Liga Leumit matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Maccabi Petah Tikva are returning here after visiting Hapoel Ramat HaSharon in a Liga Leumit game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hapoel Afula that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, Maccabi Petah Tikva "killed" Hapoel Ramat HaSharon in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Goals are plentiful at HaMoshava Stadium in the league this season as Maccabi Petah Tikva has scored 33 goals here in 12 home games. On the other hand, Maccabi Petah Tikva have conceded 15 goals.
Hapoel Ashkelon form and stats
4-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Ashkelon in their Liga Leumit matches away.
Hapoel Ashkelon has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hapoel Katamon for a Liga Leumit game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that result Hapoel Ashkelon won their away game at Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. The scoreline was 3-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kafr Qasim in just three days.
Hapoel Ashkelon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Hapoel Ashkelon have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hapoel Ashkelon - Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Maccabi Petah Tikva victories, one draw and zero Hapoel Ashkelon wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Hugy 9 goals |  L. Cohen 8 goals |  T. Baribo 8 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Ashkelon missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Ashkelon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 52 | 33 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 67% |
| 58% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 42% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 62% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 255 | 142 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 101 | 241 |
| 118 | 68 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 45 | 94 |
| 44% | 49% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 29% |
- All of Maccabi Petah Tikva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Ashkelon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Ashkelon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most points (29) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (33) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (52)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals in the second half (35)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+18) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Kafr Qasim | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 15 |