It's round two of the Ligat ha'Al campaign and all to play for. Check out our thorough preview of Maccabi Tel Aviv-Maccabi Petah Tikva!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The previous season, Maccabi Tel Aviv's league results were 17 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Ligat ha'Al. From these 26 matches they scored 48 goals and let in 21. Performing at home in the former season Maccabi Tel Aviv produced 8-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 12 conceded.
Maccabi Tel Aviv faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bnei Sakhnin (1-3).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hapoel Katamon that ended 1-1.Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Let's have a look at how Maccabi Petah Tikva performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 14/14 goals scored/conceded.
Maccabi played 1-1 against Ironi Kiryat Shmona in their previous match. As mentioned above, Maccabi drew the match against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Manager G. Luzon brought on D. Shimon to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona at their stadium, the result 3-0.Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for Maccabi, two draws and two wins for Maccabi Petah Tikva. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Saborit Teixidor 1 goals | ![]() D. Shimon 1 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Last season | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 65 | 35 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 86% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 61% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 58% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 39% | ||
| 39% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 42% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hapoel Katamon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 43 | 79 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 32 | 75 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 54 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 46 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 46 |