Running out at their own ground is comfortable and nice for Sektzia Nes Tziona, but Maccabi Tel Aviv are fully determined and qualified to get all three points. Who wins the prize?
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals (49) in Ligat ha'Al
Sektzia Nes Tziona and Maccabi Tel Aviv 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.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligat ha'Al this season. Sektzia Nes Tziona have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at HaMoshava Stadium. It's trouble wherever Sektzia Nes Tziona are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Sektzia haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 480 minutes ago. Kutalia scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Dora led his Sektzia Nes Tziona to a defeat away at Hapoel Katamon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at HaMoshava Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Sektzia Nes Tziona lost 0-2 at home to Hapoel Haifa.Trench warfare? In this club's last 18 league matches, 14 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sektzia Nes Tziona here at HaMoshava Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sektzia defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Maccabi Tel Aviv playing as the away team in the Ligat ha'Al this season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv had fun at their own home (HaMoshava Stadium) last time out, beating Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1-0. de Barros scored. That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league games without winning.
Prior to that match, the Maccabi manager la Hoz faced defeat when travelling to Maccabi Netanya and losing 1-2.As mentioned earlier, Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 2 wins (1 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Look out: 15 of the latest 20 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The schedule is very tough for Maccabi Tel Aviv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A State Cup game at Maccabi Petah Tikva is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Maccabi have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. Maccabi Tel Aviv are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sektzia Nes Tziona and Maccabi Tel Aviv have faced each other before this season: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Sektzia Nes Tziona 1-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sektzia victories, two draws and one Maccabi Tel Aviv win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Zahavi 14 goals |  Đ. Jovanović 11 goals |  L. Kutalia 6 goals |
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 49 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 91% |
| 74% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 78% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 52% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 13% |
| 39% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 55% | 65% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 17% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.6 | 14.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 34% | 37% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 37% |
| 13.4 | 12.5 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
- 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 Sektzia Nes Tziona.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most clean sheets (15) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals (49) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have the the best goal difference (+37) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Ligat ha'Al
- Sektzia Nes Tziona have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 53 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 37 | 48 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Hapoel Katamon | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -4 | 31 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Hapoel Hadera | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 12 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 13 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -18 | 17 |
