Ashdod will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Beitar Jerusalem.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ashdod and Beitar Jerusalem.
Ashdod form and stats
The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Ashdod at their home stadium (Yud-Alef Stadium) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home team returns to Yud-Alef Stadium after sharing the points with Maccabi Haifa (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Ligat ha'Al game ended 3-3. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Hapoel Kfar Saba.
A goal frenzy last time out for Ashdod, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Maccabi Haifa. Fun stuff to watch!
The Ashdod fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
Beitar Jerusalem have an excellent away record in the Ligat ha'Al so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games.
Beitar Jerusalem have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Ligat ha'Al.
The supporters enjoyed Beitar Jerusalem's previous game versus Hapoel Hadera (placed 7th), a Ligat ha'Al 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hapoel Tel Aviv at their stadium, the result 1-0.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Beitar Jerusalem are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Beitar Jerusalem as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Ashdod victories, 4 draws and 4 Beitar Jerusalem wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Azulay 5 goals |   G. Kinda 5 goals |  S. Azulay 4 goals |
Ashdod missing players
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
| Ashdod | Beitar Jerusalem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 17 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 6.1 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 109 | 56 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 70 | 132 |
| 55 | 30 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 30 | 53 |
| 29% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 47% | 32% |
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ashdod have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Beitar Jerusalem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beitar Jerusalem have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Beitar Jerusalem have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Beitar Jerusalem have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Beitar Jerusalem haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 Tel Aviv | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Hapoel Hadera | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -13 | 8 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 7 |