The Maccabi Haifa & Ashdod managers B. Bakhar and R. Ben Shimon are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligat ha'Al league table.
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (52) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi Haifa and Ashdod.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Home games in the Ligat ha'Al have been a walk in the park for Maccabi Haifa so far, with 34 points won from 13 matches; 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Maccabi fans got no joy from their last match, a State Cup game also here at Sammy Ofer Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Maccabi Tel Aviv that finished 2-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Maccabi are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Maccabi have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ashdod form and stats
4-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ashdod in their Ligat ha'Al matches away. The Ashdod manager R. Ben Shimon is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 41 days.
Ashdod's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2-2).
A 1-1 draw at Ironi Kiryat Shmona's stadium before that.A new game in only three days for Ashdod, the Ligat ha'Al home match versus Maccabi Tel Aviv. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ashdod have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Ashdod have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ashdod - Maccabi 0-3. Last ten meetings between the teams: Maccabi won six, Ashdod won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() N. Rukavytsya 17 goals | ![]() T. Chery 11 goals | ![]() D. Haziza 8 goals |
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| Maccabi Haifa | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 66 | 34 | 11 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 44 |
| 26 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 76% |
| 61% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 45% |
| 18% | 25% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 6% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 48% | 38% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 45% |
| 45% | 56% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 36% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 19% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 31% | 34% |
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 (13) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most clean sheets (15) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most points (34) at home in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (28) at home 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 (32) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+20) at home 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 |