With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Ligat ha'Al game of the season. Bnei Yehuda look forward to welcoming Maccabi Tel Aviv in front of their home support.
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.
Bnei Yehuda form and stats
Nothing to worry about in defence for Yehuda, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 374 minutes in the Ligat ha'Al.
Happy days for Yehuda in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Bnei Sakhnin (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that, Yehuda had a Toto Cup home game versus Hapoel Kfar Saba which ended with a victory 2-1.
Last season, Bnei Yehuda's league statistics were 9 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Ligat ha'Al. Over these 26 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Bnei Yehuda managed 2-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 17 conceded.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi's previous game was their home loss versus Maccabi Petah Tikva (1-2). Prior to that result Maccabi Tel Aviv won their away game at Sūduva in the Champions League. The scoreline was 3-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dinamo Brest in just four days.
Let's have a look at how Maccabi Tel Aviv performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 7 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 7 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 27/5 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Yehuda-Maccabi Tel Aviv H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bnei Yehuda two wins, Maccabi Tel Aviv six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Shechter 1 goals |
Bnei Yehuda missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Bnei Yehuda | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 11% |
- Necaxa has the fewest scored goals (6) in Liga MX
- Necaxa has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Liga MX
- Necaxa has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Liga MX
| Bnei Yehuda | Last season | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 14 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 33 | 63 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 86% | ||
| 61% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 42% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 36% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 17% | ||
| 45% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 78% | 81% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 17% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 281 | 158 | Total Shots | T S | 179 | 380 | ||
| 111 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 170 | ||
| 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 49 |
| 2 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 40 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 17 |