Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ironi Kiryat Shmona, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored away.
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 and Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 13 Ligat ha'Al games here at Netanya Stadium for Maccabi Tel Aviv. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Netanya Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Maccabi Tel Aviv has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
Maccabi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ashdod's place. The match ended 2-1.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Maccabi Petah Tikva with a 3-0 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi, as the State Cup home game vs Hapoel Tel Aviv is only three days away.
Maccabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Netanya Stadium with 25 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Maccabi have conceded only 12 goals.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on K. Refua, the Ironi Kiryat Shmona manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Kiryat played 1-1 against Maccabi Haifa in their previous match.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.Kiryat find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Kiryat as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0. 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: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 10 goals |  A. Pešić 10 goals |   E. Ansah 9 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 |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 63 | 33 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 35 |
| 31 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 43 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 74% | 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 59% | 71% |
| 54% | 65% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 24% | 29% |
| 34% | 41% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 14% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 9% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 41% | 31% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 35% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 36% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 31% | 29% |
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ironi Kiryat Shmona have scored away.
- 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 (42) 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 |