This could be quite the engrossing run-in in the Ligat ha'Al. Maccabi Petah Tikva is in 9th position and receive Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1st position. Read about the fixture here!
Both contenders have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an active fixture!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The first Ligat ha'Al game here resulted in a draw. Last season Maccabi Petah Tikva's home game statistics were 6 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 18 games.
Maccabi Petah Tikva manager G. Luzon and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Maccabi Tel Aviv (placed 10th) in the Ligat ha'Al.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona.Maccabi Petah Tikva has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Only one away game in the Ligat ha'Al so far for Hapoel Tel Aviv and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 2 draws and 7 losses from 17 travels.
Aviv play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Ironi Kiryat Shmona (placed 11th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Ashdod.Hapoel Tel Aviv have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Maccabi wins - draws - Hapoel Tel Aviv wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Tomer 2 goals |  D. Shimon 1 goals | L. Banda 1 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 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Last season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 24 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 35 | ||
| 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 41% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 39% | 28% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 36% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 42% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7.3 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | ||
| 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 Tel Aviv | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Ashdod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 Haifa | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 43 | 79 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 32 | 75 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 54 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 46 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 46 |