The league table in Liga Leumit tells a story about these teams so far, with Maccabi Petah Tikva leading Maccabi Ahi Nazareth by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
This stadium, HaMoshava Stadium, has been a fortress for Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Liga Leumit so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. Maccabi Petah Tikva haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Hapoel Tel Aviv, 200 days ago. After failing to beat Bnei Sakhnin here at HaMoshava Stadium, Maccabi Petah Tikva has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Maccabi Petah Tikva drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hapoel Katamon (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Maccabi Petah Tikva won a home game hosting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (3-1).
Maccabi Petah Tikva are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at HaMoshava Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Liga Leumit, after 0-2-4 (6 played). Bitter travels for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Hapoel Afula match.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga Leumit home match vs Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Maccabi Ahi Nazareth manager faced defeat when travelling to Hapoel Katamon and losing 0-1.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). For Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Maccabi Petah Tikva won 3, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won 1 and 0 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
T. Baribo
7 goals
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D. Hugy
6 goals
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Ali El-Khatib
5 goals
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Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 58% | 83% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 42% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 119 | 65 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 53 | 96 |
| 52 | 29 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 42 |
| 50% | 59% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 36% |
- All of Maccabi Petah Tikva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have yet to win a game away.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most points (16) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (17) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals (26)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+16)
- Maccabi Petah Tikva has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have not yet lost a game.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have scored away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored in all their 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Kafr Qasim | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Hapoel Acre | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Bnei Sakhnin | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -21 | 9 |
| 15 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |