Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Afula & Hapoel Tel Aviv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Hapoel Afula participated in State Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Afula Illit Stadium as Hapoel Afula have scored 10 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Liga Leumit are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Hapoel Afula, facing Hapoel Petah Tikva in a game that ended 1-1.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 2-2 versus Hapoel Ramat Gan.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hapoel Acre are coming to town in four days.
Afula has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively Hapoel Afula have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv's mission in State Cup last season failed in the 8th round.There's been little loot from Hapoel Tel Aviv's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Hapoel Tel Aviv only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their previous outing. The Toto Cup battle ended 3-3.
Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Maccabi Haifa's place.For Aviv, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Afula-Hapoel Tel Aviv H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Afula one win, Hapoel Tel Aviv two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ožbolt 5 goals |   S. Hirsh 4 goals |  R. Habran 3 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 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 |
