Soccer match preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Maccabi Tel Aviv receive Maccabi Netanya

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:20 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

Ligat ha'Al: Maccabi Tel Aviv receive Maccabi Netanya in what should be an interesting football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Tel Aviv at their home stadium (Bloomfield Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Hapoel Katamon the last match, as Shahar, Biton and Kanichowsky were on target.

Before that, Maccabi Tel Aviv played out a State Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Ironi Kiryat Shmona (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Maccabi Tel Aviv matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, two draws and zero defeats (from two games).

Maccabi has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Maccabi Tel Aviv have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Netanya form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Maccabi Netanya won their last game, 1-0 versus Bnei Sakhnin played at home.

A loss against Hapoel Be'er Sheva (after extra-time) was the result prior to that, in a State Cup home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Maccabi Netanya playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

Maccabi find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Maccabi Netanya have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved played each other earlier on this season: Maccabi Netanya - Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-2. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Maccabi Tel Aviv won seven, Maccabi Netanya were winners in one and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MaccabiS. Perica
S. Perica
6 goals
Maccabi Tel AvivT. Ben Chaim
T. Ben Chaim
4 goals
Maccabi NetanyaI. Zlatanović
I. Zlatanović
4 goals

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Maccabi Netanya missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Netanya
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
9 4 0 Won W 0 2 6
4 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
5 1 1 Lost L 1 3 6
29 11 1 Scored S 0 8 19
24 7 3 Conceded C 2 9 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
89% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
56% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 28%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 17%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
72% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 50%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
11% 11% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 28%
 
6.8 8.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.8 5.2
3 2.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.6
2.2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.8 3.4
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 6
 
12.3 13.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.4 11.8
5.5 5.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.7
29% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 22%
 
6.9 5.7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8 7.4
3.4 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.2 3.4
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Netanya have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Maccabi Haifa 18 14 2 2 48 14 9 8 0 1 22 7 9 6 2 1 26 7 34 44
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 18 12 4 2 30 13 10 7 2 1 20 8 8 5 2 1 10 5 17 40
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 9 4 5 29 24 9 4 4 1 11 7 9 5 0 4 18 17 5 31
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 18 8 6 4 28 21 9 4 2 3 11 13 9 4 4 1 17 8 7 30
5 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 18 7 4 7 24 24 9 3 2 4 10 13 9 4 2 3 14 11 0 25
6 Bnei Sakhnin 18 7 4 7 20 26 9 4 2 3 11 16 9 3 2 4 9 10 -6 25
7 Maccabi Netanya 18 6 6 6 19 19 10 4 3 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 0 24
8 Hapoel Haifa 18 6 5 7 24 26 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 2 3 4 12 16 -2 23
9 Ashdod 18 7 2 9 21 23 9 3 1 5 11 14 9 4 1 4 10 9 -2 23
10 Hapoel Hadera 18 5 8 5 15 20 8 2 4 2 6 8 10 3 4 3 9 12 -5 23
11 Beitar Jerusalem 18 4 5 9 18 22 8 2 3 3 8 9 10 2 2 6 10 13 -4 17
12 Hapoel Katamon 18 3 6 9 13 26 10 3 3 4 10 15 8 0 3 5 3 11 -13 15
13 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 18 3 5 10 16 35 8 2 2 4 8 15 10 1 3 6 8 20 -19 14
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 18 2 5 11 14 26 9 2 3 4 10 13 9 0 2 7 4 13 -12 11