Ligat ha'Al match preview and statistics: Maccabi Petah Tikva fight Maccabi Tel Aviv

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Teddi Malcha Stadium (21600 seats)

Ligat ha'Al: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Maccabi Tel Aviv might have a small advantage with their 2nd place in the table?

Insights:
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligat ha'Al

The visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv played their last game only three days ago, a State Cup match. That game, against Maccabi Haifa, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats

Overall Ligat ha'Al stats at home this season for Maccabi Petah Tikva are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Maccabi Petah Tikva in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Ironi Kiryat Shmona that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Maccabi Haifa with the scoreline 1-2.

There will be little rest for Maccabi Petah Tikva after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Be'er Sheva for a Ligat ha'Al game in only three days.

Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Maccabi have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (30) away in Ligat ha'Al, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligat ha'Al.

Maccabi play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Maccabi Haifa.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Maccabi Haifa in the Ligat ha'Al.

The schedule is very tough for Maccabi Tel Aviv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligat ha'Al game at Ashdod is waiting in only three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi Tel Aviv's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 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 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Maccabi won two, Maccabi Tel Aviv won six and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MaccabiL. Abada
L. Abada
11 goals
Maccabi Tel AvivY. Cohen
Y. Cohen
10 goals
Maccabi Tel AvivA. Pešić
A. Pešić
10 goals

Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 6 2 Won W 3 9 19
7 4 0 Drew D 2 5 11
13 6 3 Lost L 0 2 3
31 13 6 Scored S 6 25 58
30 11 6 Conceded C 2 13 30
85% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
58% 50% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 73%
33% 19% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 52%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 36%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
39% 25% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 58%
36% 50% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 39%
39% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 4 2 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.3 6.1 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.1 10.5
3 2.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.9 5.1
31% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 35%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most clean sheets (8) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points (30) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the the best goal difference (+14) away 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