The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Maccabi Petah Tikva are in the 5th position while the guesting Hapoel Tel Aviv worry at 13th.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligat ha'Al
The visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv played their last game only three days ago, a Ligat ha'Al match. That game was also an away game, at Hapoel Hadera. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva have collected 16 points from their Ligat ha'Al home games so far after 5-1-3.
A strong away win for Maccabi Petah Tikva against Hapoel Haifa the last match, as L. Abada and T. Baribo were on target. Ahead of that match, Maccabi won a home game hosting Ashdod (2-1).
A late climax in the match against Hapoel Haifa as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by L. Abada.
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 nine games. Maccabi has won five of these, drawn four and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Hadera in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is four days after this one.
The Maccabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Maccabi have conceded only 5 goals.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Tel Aviv so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hapoel Hadera (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Ligat ha'Al match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
The draw against Hapoel Hadera came from a losing position. The Hapoel Tel Aviv manager N. Klinger brought on R. Shlomo as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Hapoel Tel Aviv in our archives, and the results are: one win for Hapoel Tel Aviv, three draws and seven defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Aviv in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Maccabi, four draws and two wins for Hapoel Tel Aviv. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
L. Abada 6 goals | T. Baribo 5 goals | O. Altman 5 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
88% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
59% | 44% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
41% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
41% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 37% |
35% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 26% |
35% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 47% |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.9 | 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.7 |
3.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3 |
35% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 17% | 19% |
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
3 | Ashdod | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
6 | Maccabi Netanya | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
8 | Hapoel Haifa | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
11 | Hapoel Hadera | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -20 | 18 |
13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 16 |
14 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 16 |