The Ironi Kiryat Shmona & Maccabi Tel Aviv managers K. Refua and P. van Leeuwen are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligat ha'Al league table.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligat ha'Al
The visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv played their last game only four days ago, a State Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Ashdod. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
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.
In their previous game, the manager K. Refua led his Kiryat to a defeat in the Ligat ha'Al match away at Maccabi Haifa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium. In the match before that, Kiryat hosted Hapoel Be'er Sheva and drew the game 1-1.
As you see from the result above, Kiryat suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Kiryat has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most points (30) away in Ligat ha'Al, have an excellent away record in the Ligat ha'Al so far with 9-3-1 from 13 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Maccabi as they haven't lost any of their last 22 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ashdod game have they lost an away game, meaning Maccabi has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
A draw for Maccabi before that, at their own venue hosting Ashdod (1-1).
The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi Tel Aviv's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kiryat - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kiryat one win, zero draws and Maccabi Tel Aviv nine victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  A. Pešić 9 goals |   E. Ansah 7 goals |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 24 | 55 |
| 36 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 67% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 70% |
| 27% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 53% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 37% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 10% |
| 37% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| 33% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.1 | 9.6 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 27% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | 37% |
- 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 Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most clean sheets (8) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points (30) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Ligat ha'Al
| 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 |