The football year has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, ups and downs resulting in mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Ashdod - Ironi Kiryat Shmona!
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Ashdod and Ironi Kiryat Shmona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ashdod form and stats
Ashdod have collected 7 points from their Ligat ha'Al home games so far after 2-1-3.
Ashdod are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Ashdod enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Maccabi Petah Tikva's place. The match ended 1-0 with Bayo scoring.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Maccabi Netanya with a 1-0 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ashdod have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost two.
Ashdod are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Ashdod have conceded 8 goals.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Kiryat won their last game, 2-1 versus Maccabi Netanya played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Morgan scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Maccabi Netanya.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Hapoel Katamon.Kiryat are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Kiryat have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kiryat have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Ashdod, three draws and five wins for Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shviro 3 goals |  N. Cvetković 2 goals | O. Bilu 2 goals |
Ashdod missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Ashdod | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8.8 | 8.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 45% | 70% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 27% |
| 7.7 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ashdod have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona 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 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Hapoel Katamon | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 10 |