Only the second game in the Ligat ha'Al for these teams and it's all to play for here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium as Ironi Kiryat Shmona welcomes Hapoel Haifa. Check out this preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The Kiryat goalkeeper Dziugas Bartkus is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.
It's back home for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ashdod away with the result 2-0. E. Ansah and Lucio Maranhão found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a Toto Cup home match hosting Ashdod in a game that was won 2-0.
Last season, Ironi Kiryat Shmona's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Ligat ha'Al. Over these 26 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Ironi Kiryat Shmona managed 5-1-7 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 14 conceded.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
Haifa's previous game was their home loss versus Beitar Jerusalem (0-1). It was a Toto Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Hapoel Hadera wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Haifa performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 9/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kiryat won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Hapoel Haifa has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourIroni Kiryat Shmona missing players
Hapoel Haifa missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||
| 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Last season | Hapoel Haifa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 46 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 19% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 39% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 39% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 288 | 143 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 295 | ||
| 107 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 118 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 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 |