With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Maccabi Netanya fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) 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 Netanya form and stats
Overall Ligat ha'Al stats at home this season for Maccabi Netanya are 6-1-6 (wins-draw-losses).
The Maccabi Netanya goalkeeper Raz Carmi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 208 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.
The Maccabi supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Beitar Jerusalem in Ligat ha'Al and win 1-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Bnei Sakhnin.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Maccabi Netanya have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.
Maccabi Netanya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Netanya Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maccabi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hapoel Tel Aviv playing as the away team in the Ligat ha'Al this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ashdod game have they lost an away game, meaning Aviv has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Hapoel Tel Aviv failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligat ha'Al home match vs Hapoel Haifa that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that result Hapoel Tel Aviv won their away game at Hapoel Hadera. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Aviv in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hapoel Tel Aviv, one draw and seven defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The State Cup trip to Hapoel Kfar Shalem.
The attacking power of Aviv when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 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 teams have played each other before this season, with the result Maccabi Netanya - Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi two wins, five draws and Hapoel Tel Aviv three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kanichowsky 8 goals |   O. Altman 7 goals |  H. Ezra 4 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 36 | 22 | 13 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 30 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 30 |
| 86% | 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 61% | 53% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 43% | 54% |
| 43% | 47% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 25% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 14% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 29% | 32% |
| 39% | 47% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 43% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 43% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 24% | 20% |
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 |