The league table in Ligat ha'Al tells a story about these teams so far, with Maccabi Tel Aviv leading Ironi Kiryat Shmona by 36 points. Match preview to follow:
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ironi Kiryat Shmona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Ligat ha'Al games here at Winner Stadium for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Ligat ha'Al,. The data says 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Maccabi Tel Aviv tasted defeat here at Winner Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.
Maccabi Tel Aviv drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hapoel Haifa (placed 6th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hapoel Ra'anana.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Maccabi Tel Aviv have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
There's been little loot from Ironi Kiryat Shmona's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Ironi Kiryat Shmona only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al. A loss against Hapoel Haifa was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ironi Kiryat Shmona have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Maccabi Tel Aviv, zero draws and two wins for Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  O. Atzili 7 goals |  C. Ofoedu 7 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| 83% | 64% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 70% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 48% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 18% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 48% |
| 78% | 82% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 17% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 6.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 273 | 135 | 70 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 91 | 197 |
| 119 | 57 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 27 | 71 |
| 34% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 30% |
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- 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 (6)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (18)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (9) at home
- 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.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 34 | 55 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 34 | 49 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 32 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -12 | 23 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -24 | 15 |