Ligat ha'Al: Maccabi Petah Tikva are 5 points behind Hapoel Hadera, but fully intend to go full force. Let's go!
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Hadera have the most clean sheets (6) in Ligat ha'Al
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 Hapoel Hadera.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager G. Luzon and the players.
Maccabi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 276 minutes ago. M. Awwad scored that one.
The fans are hoping that Maccabi will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligat ha'Al game against Maccabi Netanya (placed 8th).
Before that game, the home loss against Beitar Jerusalem with the scoreline 0-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Maccabi Petah Tikva as they have a new game in only four days, a Ligat ha'Al match thankfully also at home. Ashdod are visiting.
Maccabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
The attacking players of Hadera have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 392 minutes. The Hadera goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Beitar Jerusalem (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Ligat ha'Al match ended in a draw 0-0.
A draw for Hadera before that, at their own venue hosting Hapoel Nazareth Illit (0-0).A new game in only four days for Hapoel Hadera, the Ligat ha'Al home match versus Bnei Sakhnin. Busy days.
Hadera are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 6 goals have been conceded by Hadera in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Maccabi one win, two draws and Hapoel Hadera two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Awad 3 goals | D. Shimon 2 goals | L. Banda 2 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 50% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 3.1 | 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 9.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| 3.6 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 19% |
| 9.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.7 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- All of Maccabi Petah Tikva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hapoel Hadera have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Hapoel Hadera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hapoel Hadera have the most clean sheets (6) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Petah Tikva 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 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 9 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 8 |