Maccabi Petah Tikva saw a 1-2 result facing Hapoel Tel Aviv last week, a fixture to keep in mind. The next assignment is this strong Maccabi Haifa team.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (42) in Ligat ha'Al
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Petah Tikva at their home stadium is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. It's trouble wherever Maccabi Petah Tikva are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Maccabi lost their last game at Hapoel Tel Aviv (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak for Maccabi in their last match as Hapoel Tel Aviv's Tomer scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that game, the home loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv with the scoreline 1-2.Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the State Cup match at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth awaits in three days.
Maccabi Petah Tikva has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Maccabi have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa have an excellent away record in the Ligat ha'Al so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. Things are running smoothly for Maccabi Haifa who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Maccabi are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Ligat ha'Al against Maccabi Tel Aviv (placed 4th). What a finish in the last match, as Maccabi came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through David's goal in the 87th minute.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bnei Sakhnin at their stadium, the result 6-0.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Maccabi given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed three matches with one win as expected, one draw and one surprise home win. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Maccabi Haifa are hosting Beitar Jerusalem in the State Cup only four days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 20 goals in 7 league games away this season. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Maccabi as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The newest past match featuring both these contenders is the Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi 2-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi Petah Tikva two wins, two draws and Maccabi Haifa six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 11 goals | D. David 9 goals | D. Haziza 6 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
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| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 94% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 88% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 75% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 56% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 44% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 6% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.6 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 21% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 57% | 46% |
| 9.1 | 7.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
- Maccabi Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Maccabi Petah Tikva.
- Maccabi Haifa have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (20) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (42) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+29) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 (8) 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 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 38 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Hapoel Hadera | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Katamon | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 13 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
