Bnei Yehuda will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 29 points behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Bnei Yehuda form and stats
5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Bnei Yehuda so far this season.Bnei Yehuda are returning here after visiting Hapoel Hadera in a Ligat ha'Al game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Bnei Yehuda lost 1-2 at Hapoel Be'er Sheva's place.
Bnei Yehuda has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Bnei Yehuda have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most points (31) away in Ligat ha'Al, have an excellent away record so far with 9-4-0 from 13 games.There were no winners in Maccabi Tel Aviv's previous match, a Ligat ha'Al home game that ended 0-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maccabi Netanya at their stadium, the result 4-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi Tel Aviv manager V. Ivić as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hapoel Hadera.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 24 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Maccabi Tel Aviv - Bnei Yehuda 2-1 played earlier this season. Bnei Yehuda-Maccabi Tel Aviv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bnei Yehuda 1 win, Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 wins, 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
  E. Atar 12 goals |  O. Atzili 11 goals |   M. Tchibota 10 goals |
Bnei Yehuda missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Bnei Yehuda | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | Played | 14 | 30 |
| 46 | 19 | Scored | 28 | 64 |
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| 87% | 86% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 90% |
| 73% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 93% | 83% |
| 43% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 47% |
| 30% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 47% | 43% | Both teams to score | 64% | 43% |
| 37% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 36% | 57% |
| 30% | 36% | Failed To Score | 7% | 10% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 66 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 37 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 22 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -18 | 21 |
