It's the second window of opportunity for points this campaign as Maccabi Petah Tikva and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth battle it out at HaMoshava Stadium.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi Petah Tikva nor Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The season before, Maccabi Petah Tikva's league results were 5 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, leading to 13th spot in the Ligat ha'Al. From these 26 matches they scored 27 goals and let in 37. Appearing at home in the previous season Maccabi Petah Tikva generated 3-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 17 conceded.
Maccabi Petah Tikva enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hapoel Nazareth Illit's place. The match ended 3-0 with Altury, Bar and Chaim scoring.
Preceding that game, a home win against Hapoel Petah Tikva in the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit.
The manager Barda will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hapoel Rishon LeZion in only four days.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Let's have a look at how Maccabi Ahi Nazareth performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 13/23 goals scored/conceded.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Agudat Sport Ashdod (placed 8th) in their previous game.
One game before, 1-1 at home vs Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings with these teams: Maccabi won five, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were winners in two and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bar 1 goals |  T. Ben Chaim 1 goals | A. Altoury 1 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Last season | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 81% | ||
| 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 62% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 51% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 24% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 45% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 46% | ||
| 9% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 38% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 35% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Afula | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ironi Tiberias | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Kafr Qasim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 42 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 35 |
| 6 | Hapoel Katamon | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 27 |
| Last season | 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 Ahi Nazareth | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 2 | Hapoel Afula | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 46 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 43 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 33 |
