The league table in Ligat ha'Al tells a story about these teams so far, with Maccabi Petah Tikva leading Hapoel Hadera by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
- Hapoel Hadera have yet to win a game away.
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 Petah Tikva and Hapoel Hadera.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Ligat ha'Al. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Maccabi are returning here after visiting Beitar Jerusalem in a Ligat ha'Al game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. L. Abada and M. Handy scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the away draw at Hapoel Tel Aviv that finished 0-0.
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 seven games. Maccabi has won three of these, drawn four and lost zero.
The Maccabi Petah Tikva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Maccabi Petah Tikva have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligat ha'Al for Hapoel Hadera with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Hapoel Hadera are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Hapoel Hadera won their last game, 4-0 versus Bnei Sakhnin played at home. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.
As you can tell from the results above, Hadera was very dominant against Bnei Sakhnin, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with O. Marshal (3) and A. Guma providing the goals. O. Marshal certainly enjoyed Hadera's last game versus Bnei Sakhnin, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hapoel Hadera playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were zero Hadera wins, four draws and four defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Hapoel Hadera's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. Hapoel Hadera have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Maccabi wins - draws - Hapoel Hadera wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Marshal 4 goals |  L. Abada 2 goals | T. Baribo 2 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 38% |
- Hapoel Hadera have yet to win a game away.
- Hapoel Hadera haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 4 |