The league table in Ligat ha'Al tells a story about these teams so far, with Maccabi Tel Aviv leading Hapoel Kfar Saba by 23 points. Match preview to follow:
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 Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba.
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 (14) in Ligat ha'Al, at their home stadium (Afula Illit Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
A good away victory last time out for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won 3-0 against Bnei Yehuda (placed 8th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (2-3).
Maccabi Tel Aviv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv have only let in 1 goal at home.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Hapoel Kfar Saba failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligat ha'Al home match vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3. A 0-1 defeat away at Kafr Qasim before that.
Hapoel Kfar Saba have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Hapoel Kfar Saba are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Kfar Saba - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Maccabi Tel Aviv won 7 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Hapoel Kfar Saba has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 5 goals |  C. Ofoedu 4 goals |  D. Micha 3 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 80% | 57% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 14% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 53% |
| 6.1 | 7.7 | 12 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 155 | 69 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 73 | 130 |
| 70 | 31 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 28 | 47 |
| 34% | 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 23% |
- Hapoel Kfar Saba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (1)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- 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 (0)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (14)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the the best goal difference (+23)
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Kfar Saba.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 37 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Hapoel Hadera | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 9 |