Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Maccabi Haifa, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (52) in Ligat ha'Al
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Ironi Kiryat Shmona have to build on here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al.
The fans are hoping that Kiryat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Ligat ha'Al game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. The defeat against Hapoel Be'er Sheva was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eight minutes into stoppage time (by D. Keltjens).
Ahead of that match, Ironi Kiryat Shmona lost 1-2 at home to Maccabi Petah Tikva.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kiryat as they are travelling to their away game against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is four days after this one.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 13 games. 18 goals have been conceded.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Playing away, Maccabi Haifa, who have the most scored goals (52) in Ligat ha'Al, have won 8 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al this season. Things are running smoothly for Maccabi Haifa who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Maccabi Petah Tikva.
The supporters enjoyed Maccabi Haifa's previous game versus Ashdod, a Ligat ha'Al 2-0 win played at home.
The game before that, in the State Cup, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Maccabi Tel Aviv.A quick return to home after this game, as Maccabi are hosting Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Ligat ha'Al only four days away.
Maccabi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Maccabi Haifa - Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kiryat won one game, one match ended with a draw and Maccabi Haifa has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 18 goals |  T. Chery 11 goals |   E. Ansah 9 goals |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 34 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 32 | 68 |
| 42 | 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 94% | 91% |
| 29% | 35% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 71% | 59% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 18% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 41% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | 47% |
| 32% | 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 35% | 47% |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 6% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9.2 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 29% | 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 33% |
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maccabi Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest matches under the total-line (14) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most clean sheets (16) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (24) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (52) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+32) in Ligat ha'Al
- 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 Haifa | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 32 | 59 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -21 | 29 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 22 |