Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Acre & Sektzia Nes Tziona face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hapoel Acre form and stats
Last season, Acre's State Cup journey ended in the 8th round.16 points is a decent return from 7 Liga Leumit games here at Acre Municipal Stadium for Hapoel Acre. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Hapoel Acre's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Maccabi Petah Tikva. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A 1-1 draw away in the Liga Leumit before that, with Hapoel Petah Tikva the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Acre perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Acre as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Hapoel Acre has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Acre are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Leumit match at Hapoel Afula awaits in four days.
Hapoel Acre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Acre Municipal Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Acre have conceded only 6 goals.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
Sektzia Nes Tziona was sent out of State Cup in the 4th round last season.Sektzia Nes Tziona have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
The club members enjoyed Sektzia Nes Tziona's previous match versus Hapoel Haifa, a Toto Cup win (5-4) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Hadera.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Sektzia Nes Tziona in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sektzia, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sektzia Nes Tziona as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Sektzia have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Acre have not lost in the last 5 games (0-5-0) facing Sektzia Nes Tziona.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ahmed 8 goals |  R. Assayag 7 goals |  L. Kutalia 4 goals |
Hapoel Acre missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Hapoel Acre | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 37% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 Petah Tikva | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Ironi Tiberias | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Bnei Yehuda | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -15 | -1 |
| 16 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 9 |
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
