Maccabi Tel Aviv perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Ashdod can look both up and down from their 9th position.
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 Tel Aviv form and stats
The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Ligat ha'Al, at their home stadium (Afula Illit Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are confident in defense, having played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won 3-0 against Hapoel Hadera (placed 6th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Beitar Jerusalem that ended 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi Tel Aviv as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is four days after this one.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv have only let in 1 goal at home.
Ashdod form and stats
There's been little loot from Ashdod's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Ashdod only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ashdod are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Ashdod are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligat ha'Al against Ironi Kiryat Shmona (placed 11th). Prior to that match, the Ashdod manager R. Awat faced defeat when travelling to Hapoel Haifa and losing 0-1.
Ashdod have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ashdod have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ashdod - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Maccabi Tel Aviv victories, 2 draws and 1 Ashdod win. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 8 goals |  C. Ofoedu 6 goals |   S. Azulay 5 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 79% | 56% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 37% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 11% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 21% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 18.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 218 | 101 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 84 | 178 |
| 100 | 45 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 36 | 80 |
| 35% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 28% | 29% |
- Ashdod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ashdod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (4)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (17)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have not yet lost a game.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 Tel Aviv | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 47 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 26 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -10 | 17 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 15 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -15 | 14 |