Ligat ha'Al: We're previewing an engrossing and key fight involving Maccabi Netanya and Ironi Kiryat Shmona at Netanya Stadium. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona is in the worst form (0-3-3)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Maccabi Netanya have collected 6 points from their Ligat ha'Al home games so far after 2-0-3. When Maccabi Netanya hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sektzia Nes Tziona, Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
No payout for Maccabi in their previous match, an away game at Hapoel Hadera that ended in defeat 1-3.
Ahead of that match, Maccabi Netanya won a home game hosting Maccabi Bnei Raina (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maccabi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for Maccabi Netanya after this match as they are travelling to Ashdod for a Ligat ha'Al game in only four days.
Maccabi Netanya has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Ironi Kiryat Shmona playing as the away team in the Ligat ha'Al this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, who have now gone ten games without a victory.
Kiryat's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bnei Sakhnin that finished 1-1. The draw against Bnei Sakhnin came from a losing position. The Ironi Kiryat Shmona manager Koretski brought on Harrell as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A 1-2 defeat away at Hapoel Tel Aviv before that.Ironi Kiryat Shmona are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league matches.
Kiryat struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Maccabi Netanya victories, one draw and four Ironi Kiryat Shmona wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Shviro 6 goals |  I. Zlatanović 5 goals | M. Shaker 2 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 82% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 15 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.2 | 9.8 |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 17% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | 29% |
| 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 |
- All of Ironi Kiryat Shmona's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Maccabi Netanya's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Maccabi Netanya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Netanya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 23 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Maccabi Netanya | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 9 |
