National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bnei Eilat or Maccabi Herzliya that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bnei Eilat nor Maccabi Herzliya as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bnei Eilat form and stats
Bnei Eilat was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the State Cup.Eilat drew their last game, also a home match. Maccabi Yavne was the opponent, 2-2 the score. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Maccabi Yavne as Otoa's goal in the 88th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
1-1 away at MS Dimona before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bnei Eilat as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Herzliya in the Liga Alef - Süd. That match is three days after this one.
Maccabi Herzliya form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-2 against Shimshon Tel Aviv in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Liga Alef - Süd away draw versus Hapoel Azor that ended 3-3.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Liga Alef - Süd trip to MS Dimona.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former three meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Bnei Eilat, zero draws and zero wins for Maccabi Herzliya. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Bnei Eilat missing players
Maccabi Herzliya missing players
| Bnei Eilat | Maccabi Herzliya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
