It's the second attempt for points this campaign as Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Bnei Raina battle it out at Netanya Stadium.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi Netanya nor Maccabi Bnei Raina as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
The season before, Maccabi Netanya's league results were 10 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Ligat ha'Al. Over these 26 matches they scored {33 goals} and let in 38. Playing as the home side in the previous season Maccabi Netanya managed 7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 13 conceded. The first Ligat ha'Al game here at Netanya Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Maccabi Netanya's home game statistics were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 5 games.
Maccabi Netanya drew their last game, also a home match. Maccabi Bnei Raina (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Preceding that match, a home win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Toto Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Maccabi Netanya matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 9 games).
Maccabi Netanya has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
Let's have a look at how Maccabi Bnei Raina performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 12/23 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Bnei Raina and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 4 games.
Maccabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Maccabi Netanya (placed 5th).
A loss, in the Toto Cup away at Hapoel Petah Tikva, before that. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Maccabi Bnei Raina when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 2 games.
{1 goals} so far away for Maccabi Bnei Raina, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Maccabi Bnei Raina.This was the end result when the squads met earlier this season; Maccabi Netanya - Maccabi Bnei Raina 1-1. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Azoulay 1 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Bnei Raina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Last season | Maccabi Bnei Raina | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 58 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 54 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 81% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 45% | ||
| 31% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 18% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 69 | 81 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 74 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 73 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 45 |
| 5 | Hapoel Katamon | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 45 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 43 |
