Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Maccabi Haifa - Ironi Kiryat Shmona!
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (52) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligat ha'Al
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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. Two draws in a row at home now for Maccabi Haifa.
Before that, Maccabi drew at home versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Maccabi home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Maccabi Haifa are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Maccabi Haifa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 13 matches.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Kiryat delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their previous match; a Ligat ha'Al game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Maccabi Petah Tikva wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kiryat played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kiryat have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. Kiryat are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa and Ironi Kiryat Shmona have met before this season: Maccabi - Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Maccabi wins - draws - Ironi Kiryat Shmona wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 17 goals |  T. Chery 8 goals |  D. Haziza 8 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 57 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 53% | 66% |
| 59% | 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 13% | 24% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 38% |
| 48% | 53% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | 34% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 11.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 30% | 28% |
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most clean sheets (14) 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 (27) 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 |