All the facts and stats for the State Cup clash: Beitar Jerusalem - Maccabi Bnei Raina

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Competition: Israel State Cup

Date: Thu 16.January

Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)

Venue: Teddy Stadium (21600 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Beitar Jerusalem or Maccabi Bnei Raina that keep their silverware dream alive.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Ligat ha'Al match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, so at least Beitar Jerusalem are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Beitar Jerusalem form and stats

Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 8th round.

Beitar Jerusalem have played 7 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Beitar Jerusalem manager R. Levy and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona that ended 2-2.

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ics_total" class="total-table"> Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Bnei Raina Total Home Statistics Stat Away Total 25 11 Played P 16 25 16 6 Won W 8 15 5 3 Drew D 4 5 4 2 Lost L 4 5 44 18 Scored S 37 52 19 11 Conceded C 26 29 92% 91% Over 0.5 O 0.5 94% 92% 76% 82% Over 1.5 O 1.5 81% 72% 44% 45% Over 2.5 O 2.5 62% 52% 32% 36% Over 3.5 O 3.5 62% 44% 8% 9% Over 4.5 O 4.5 38% 28% 32% 36% BTTS BTTS 69% 52% 60% 45% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 16% 27% Failed to Score F T 12% 16% 6.2 6.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5.9 5.7 3.4 2.6 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.1 1.9 4 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 295 151 Total Shots T S 49 145 126 66 Shots on Target S O 29 74 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 39%

		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	18	13	5	0	32	4	9	4	5	0	11	1	9	9	0	0	21	3	28	44
2	Maccabi Haifa	18	12	4	2	39	15	8	5	2	1	22	12	10	7	2	1	17	3	24	40
3	Beitar Jerusalem	18	10	4	4	28	16	7	3	2	2	7	8	11	7	2	2	21	8	12	34
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	18	9	2	7	23	16	9	6	0	3	14	7	9	3	2	4	9	9	7	29
5	Hapoel Hadera	18	6	7	5	18	17	9	3	3	3	10	8	9	3	4	2	8	9	1	25
6	Hapoel Haifa	18	7	3	8	18	25	10	4	1	5	12	15	8	3	2	3	6	10	-7	24
7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	18	6	5	7	14	24	9	2	4	3	6	9	9	4	1	4	8	15	-10	23
8	Maccabi Netanya	18	6	4	8	18	23	9	4	1	4	13	14	9	2	3	4	5	9	-5	22
9	Bnei Yehuda	18	5	6	7	16	20	9	2	2	5	7	12	9	3	4	2	9	8	-4	21
10	Ashdod	18	3	9	6	22	25	9	2	5	2	12	11	9	1	4	4	10	14	-3	18
11	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	18	5	2	11	19	25	10	4	0	6	9	12	8	1	2	5	10	13	-6	17
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	18	4	5	9	13	23	8	0	2	6	2	12	10	4	3	3	11	11	-10	17
13	Sektzia Nes Tziona	18	3	6	9	13	27	10	2	1	7	6	17