A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Maccabi Haifa fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Sektzia Nes Tziona's 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Maccabi Haifa have less rest than Sektzia Nes Tziona in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a State Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Hapoel Umm al-Fahm, so at least Maccabi Haifa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Ligat ha'Al games here at Sammy Ofer Stadium for Maccabi Haifa, who have the most scored goals (39) in Ligat ha'Al,. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Happy days for Maccabi Haifa in their previous game, a State Cup match away at Hapoel Umm al-Fahm that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Maccabi Netanya.
Maccabi Haifa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Maccabi Haifa defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
Sektzia Nes Tziona have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
The manager A. Turgeman was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground Nes Tziona Stadium. Sektzia Nes Tziona suffered a 0-1 loss to Hapoel Kfar Saba (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Bnei Yehuda with the score of 2-1.
The attacking power of Sektzia Nes Tziona when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Sektzia Nes Tziona have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sektzia Nes Tziona - Maccabi Haifa 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Maccabi Haifa won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Sektzia Nes Tziona has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 0Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 12 goals |  Y. Ashkenazi 6 goals |  T. Chery 6 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 39 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 15 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 61% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 22% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 17% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 56% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 7.4 | 8 | 12.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 12 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 234 | 125 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 46 | 115 |
| 116 | 60 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 18 | 48 |
| 34% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 23% |
- All of Maccabi Haifa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most points from losing position (10)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (22) at home
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (39)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Maccabi Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Sektzia Nes Tziona.
- Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona has the the worst goal difference (-14)
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 Tel Aviv | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 24 |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -10 | 17 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 14 |