Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Be'er Sheva have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Ligat ha'Al.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Be'er Sheva should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Overall Ligat ha'Al stats at home this season for Maccabi Petah Tikva are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).
Before that, Maccabi had a home game versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona which ended with a victory 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Maccabi Petah Tikva perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Maccabi Petah Tikva as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Maccabi has won six of these, drawn four and lost one.
Maccabi aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. Maccabi have only conceded 9 from their league home games. 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 Be'er Sheva form and stats
The visitors are W5-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligat ha'Al.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in their previous outing. The Ligat ha'Al match ended in a draw 1-1. A loss against Ashdod was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Be'er Sheva playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Be'er wins, three draws and one defeat.
Be'er are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Be'er have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Maccabi - Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Maccabi victory, two draws and seven Hapoel Be'er Sheva wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Abada 10 goals |   J. Soares Pesqueira 8 goals | T. Baribo 6 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 34 |
| 27 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 90% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 69% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | 48% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 38% | 21% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 52% |
| 34% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 31% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 29% | 31% |
- 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 |