Maccabi Petah Tikva fights Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Ligat ha'Al battle

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as Maccabi Petah Tikva have their presumed home advantage while Ironi Kiryat Shmona are ahead 1 point in the Ligat ha'Al table.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) 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 Petah Tikva and Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

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Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats

5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligat ha'Al numbers at home for Maccabi Petah Tikva so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bnei Sakhnin.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Maccabi here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maccabi are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats

6-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in their Ligat ha'Al matches away.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hapoel Kfar Saba with the score of 1-0.

After this away game Kiryat return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on Kiryat as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Maccabi 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Maccabi victories, zero draws and four Ironi Kiryat Shmona wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Petah TikvaL. Abada
L. Abada
9 goals
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaE. Ansah
E. Ansah
7 goals
Maccabi Petah TikvaT. Baribo
T. Baribo
6 goals

Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players

Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Petah Tikva Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 14 27
11 5 1 Won W 1 6 11
5 3 0 Drew D 1 3 6
11 5 2 Lost L 2 5 10
25 10 3 Scored S 2 14 27
24 9 4 Conceded C 3 11 29
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 96%
56% 46% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 63%
30% 15% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 14% 26%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
37% 23% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 37%
33% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 37%
41% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.3 5.8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.1 9.5
3 2.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.6
30% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 32% 28%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Ironi Kiryat Shmona have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al

  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 26 19 2 5 52 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 13 8 1 4 24 12 32 59
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 7 2 48 21 13 8 4 1 25 12 13 9 3 1 23 9 27 58
3 Ashdod 26 13 4 9 37 25 13 9 2 2 22 7 13 4 2 7 15 18 12 43
4 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 11 5 10 26 28 13 5 3 5 13 18 13 6 2 5 13 10 -2 38
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 9 10 7 31 29 13 4 5 4 15 16 13 5 5 3 16 13 2 37
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 11 4 11 24 23 13 5 3 5 10 9 13 6 1 6 14 14 1 37
7 Maccabi Netanya 26 9 7 10 35 30 13 6 1 6 21 13 13 3 6 4 14 17 5 34
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 8 10 31 32 13 3 4 6 17 19 13 5 4 4 14 13 -1 32
9 Hapoel Hadera 26 8 8 10 26 28 13 4 5 4 16 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -2 32
10 Hapoel Haifa 26 7 9 10 30 37 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 3 5 5 17 21 -7 30
11 Bnei Sakhnin 26 8 5 13 15 36 13 3 1 9 4 16 13 5 4 4 11 20 -21 29
12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 6 9 11 17 28 13 1 7 5 7 17 13 5 2 6 10 11 -11 27
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 5 15 19 33 13 4 2 7 11 12 13 2 3 8 8 21 -14 23
14 Bnei Yehuda 26 5 7 14 15 36 13 4 3 6 9 17 13 1 4 8 6 19 -21 22

Table
  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 26 19 2 5 52 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 13 8 1 4 24 12 32 59
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 7 2 48 21 13 8 4 1 25 12 13 9 3 1 23 9 27 58
3 Ashdod 26 13 4 9 37 25 13 9 2 2 22 7 13 4 2 7 15 18 12 43
4 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 11 5 10 26 28 13 5 3 5 13 18 13 6 2 5 13 10 -2 38
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 9 10 7 31 29 13 4 5 4 15 16 13 5 5 3 16 13 2 37
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 11 4 11 24 23 13 5 3 5 10 9 13 6 1 6 14 14 1 37
7 Maccabi Netanya 26 9 7 10 35 30 13 6 1 6 21 13 13 3 6 4 14 17 5 34
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 8 10 31 32 13 3 4 6 17 19 13 5 4 4 14 13 -1 32
9 Hapoel Hadera 26 8 8 10 26 28 13 4 5 4 16 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -2 32
10 Hapoel Haifa 26 7 9 10 30 37 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 3 5 5 17 21 -7 30
11 Bnei Sakhnin 26 8 5 13 15 36 13 3 1 9 4 16 13 5 4 4 11 20 -21 29
12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 6 9 11 17 28 13 1 7 5 7 17 13 5 2 6 10 11 -11 27
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 5 15 19 33 13 4 2 7 11 12 13 2 3 8 8 21 -14 23
14 Bnei Yehuda 26 5 7 14 15 36 13 4 3 6 9 17 13 1 4 8 6 19 -21 22

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