Ashdod have managed 4 home victories up until now, Ironi Kiryat Shmona have won 2 away. Who upgrades their records after this meeting?
- Ashdod have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligat ha'Al
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ashdod form and stats
Ashdod have played 10 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Ashdod are confident in defense, having played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Ashdod, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hapoel Hadera away with the result 2-0. Kna'an and Mugeese found the net in that victory.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Maccabi Bnei Raina in a game that was won 3-0.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 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ashdod as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Petah Tikva in the State Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Ashdod has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Ashdod have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ironi Kiryat Shmona so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Ironi Kiryat Shmona are travelling again after losing away to Hapoel Haifa in their previous match (0-1). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points. Late heartbreak for Kiryat in the Hapoel Haifa match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Hapoel Hadera.Ironi Kiryat Shmona are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 16 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Kiryat when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Ironi Kiryat Shmona in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ironi Kiryat Shmona have won at least one point in the last 10 matches (7-3-0) facing Ashdod.Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Ashdod 1-1 was the outcome when this pair of teams previously met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Shviro 7 goals | M. Shaker 5 goals |  M. Kna'an 4 goals |
Ashdod missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Ashdod | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 84% |
| 37% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 42% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 68% |
| 32% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 23% | 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 28% |
| 7.2 | 6.5 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
- Ashdod have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ligat ha'Al
- 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 | Maccabi Haifa | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 48 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 43 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 25 | 39 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Ashdod | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 21 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Bnei Sakhnin | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 18 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 13 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 15 |
