Ashdod travel to Maccabi Petah Tikva packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi and Ashdod.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Maccabi Petah Tikva have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. Maccabi are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Maccabi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 244 minutes ago. M. Ferrier scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager G. Luzon led his Maccabi Petah Tikva to a defeat in the Ligat ha'Al match away at Hapoel Be'er Sheva. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv (0-3).Maccabi have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. 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 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ashdod form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Ashdod playing as the away team in the Ligat ha'Al this season.
Ashdod's previous game was their home loss versus Maccabi Tel Aviv (1-2).
Prior to that match, the Ashdod manager R. Ben Shimon faced defeat when travelling to Maccabi Haifa and losing 0-2.Ashdod have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Ashdod in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ashdod - Maccabi 0-0. Maccabi Petah Tikva-Ashdod H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi five wins, Ashdod two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Abada 11 goals |  D. David 8 goals | T. Baribo 6 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 35 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 38 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 60% | 53% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 77% |
| 34% | 24% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 46% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 37% | 24% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 59% | 46% |
| 34% | 47% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | 34% |
| 43% | 47% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 6 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 33% |
- Ashdod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ashdod haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
| 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 |