The Ligat ha'Al season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Tel Aviv promises to be an interesting one.
It's no vacation for neither Kiryat nor Hapoel Tel Aviv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
Ironi Kiryat Shmona must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ligat ha'Al games here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 215 minutes.
A nice win for Kiryat last time playing, versus Bnei Yehuda. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Maccabi Petah Tikva with a 1-0 scoreline.
The Kiryat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. From these home matches, Kiryat have conceded only 2 goals.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ligat ha'Al ended in defeat. Last season Hapoel Tel Aviv had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 1, drew 1 and lost 3.
Aviv have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 211 minutes since they last conceded in Ligat ha'Al.
Aviv played 0-0 against Maccabi Petah Tikva in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hapoel Hadera.
The schedule is very tough for Hapoel Tel Aviv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligat ha'Al game at Bnei Yehuda is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hapoel Tel Aviv has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Ironi Kiryat Shmona wins - draws - Hapoel Tel Aviv wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Palhano Soares 4 goals |  E. Ansah 2 goals |   O. Altman 2 goals |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 | 42 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| 25 | 19 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 28% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 25% |
- All of Hapoel Tel Aviv's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Ironi Kiryat Shmona's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have lost all their away matches so far.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have not yet lost a game.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona is in the best form (3-2-0)
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Last season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 35 | 55 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 69% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 72% | 58% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 28% | 33% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 31% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 288 | 143 | Total Shots | T S | 148 | 296 | ||
| 107 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 110 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |