Straining Maccabi Petah Tikva hope to pull off a surprise victory when they greet top side Maccabi Tel Aviv in the upcoming league game. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home fans will have modest expectations.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored more than double the goals of Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
The Ligat ha'Al statistics at home this season for Maccabi Petah Tikva are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Maccabi has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Luzon and the players.
Stress levels are on the rise for Maccabi Petah Tikva's attacking players as they have now played 345 minutes without scoring in a league game. Azulay was their last goal scorer.
Maccabi Petah Tikva are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona. The defeat against Ironi Kiryat Shmona was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Lugasi).
Before that match, a State Cup win away at Hapoel Nazareth Illit.Maccabi has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligat ha'Al. Maccabi have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Maccabi played 1-1 against Bnei Sakhnin in their previous match.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Hapoel Marmorek in the State Cup.The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. The Maccabi manager Itzhaki has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi 1-1 was the output when these two contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Maccabi victory, three draws and six Maccabi Tel Aviv wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Perica 6 goals |  T. Ben Chaim 4 goals |   M. Awad 3 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 50% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 7.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.1 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.8 | 12.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 20% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 27% |
| 9.1 | 7.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.7 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
- All of Maccabi Tel Aviv's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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.
- Maccabi Petah Tikva is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored more than double the goals of Maccabi Petah Tikva.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv 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 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 32 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Hapoel Katamon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 13 |
| 13 | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
