Game week two of the Ligat ha'Al season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Maccabi Petah Tikva - Hapoel Kfar Saba preview:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The Maccabi manager G. Luzon might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Maccabi are returning here after visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv in a Ligat ha'Al game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. L. Abada and I. Eliyahu scored the goal(s). Sensational by Maccabi Petah Tikva last match, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv away as big underdogs. Before that, Maccabi played out a Toto Cup draw 0-0 when visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties).
Last season, Maccabi Petah Tikva's league statistics were 19 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Liga Leumit. Over these 30 matches they scored 62 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Maccabi Petah Tikva managed 12-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 16 conceded.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Kfar won their last game, 2-1 versus Hapoel Tel Aviv played at home. It was a Toto Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Bnei Yehuda wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Let's have a look at how Hapoel Kfar Saba performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 13/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Maccabi victories, two draws and three Hapoel Kfar Saba wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Fadida 1 goals | L. Kizito 1 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
- Pumas UNAM has the most scored goals (12) at home in Liga MX
- Pumas UNAM has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Last season | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 15 | ||
| 66 | 40 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 85% | ||
| 81% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 55% | ||
| 49% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 39% | ||
| 30% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 18% | ||
| 11% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 51% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 33% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 45% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 357 | 207 | Total Shots | T S | 127 | 260 | ||
| 159 | 95 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 108 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 Petah Tikva | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 71 |
| 2 | Bnei Sakhnin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 67 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 60 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 59 |
| 5 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 58 |
| 6 | Kafr Qasim | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 56 |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 52 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 49 |
| 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 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 49 |
| 2 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 40 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 17 |