Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Maccabi Haifa are both riding high in the Ligat ha'Al with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Ligat ha'Al
Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Maccabi Haifa 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.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Ligat ha'Al, at their home stadium (Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium.
Kiryat are confident in defense, having played 395 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Kiryat drew their last game, 0-0 away at Maccabi Netanya (placed 7th). Before that, Ironi Kiryat Shmona had a home game versus Hapoel Tel Aviv which ended with a victory 1-0.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively Ironi Kiryat Shmona have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Maccabi has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Maccabi won their last game, 2-0 versus Beitar Jerusalem played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Hapoel Kfar Saba's place.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi manager B. Bakhar as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bnei Sakhnin.
Maccabi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Maccabi have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Kiryat won three, Maccabi Haifa won six and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 9 goals |   L. Palhano Soares 5 goals |  E. Ansah 2 goals |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
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| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 7.1 |
| 26% | 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 28% |
- All of Maccabi Haifa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Ligat ha'Al
- 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 has the most clean sheets (5) 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 home matches so far.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (6) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Maccabi Haifa 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 Petah Tikva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 4 |