Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Be'er Sheva & Maccabi Petah Tikva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
Last season, Be'er's State Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.On the other hand, in the State Cup, Hapoel Be'er Sheva has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Two home wins in a row for Be'er bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Hapoel Be'er Sheva last time playing, versus Maccabi Tel Aviv. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with B. Bitton and K. Ganem scoring for the victors. Previous to that game, a Ligat ha'Al home match hosting Hapoel Haifa in a game that was won 3-1.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Be'er scored 7 goals and let in 5 goals during these three games.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi was sent out of State Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Maccabi Netanya turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the State Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Maccabi Petah Tikva play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Kafr Qasim. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Hapoel Ramat Gan.
It's a day of discovery for Maccabi Petah Tikva as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Maccabi Petah Tikva have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Maccabi Petah Tikva has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, one draw and zero wins for Maccabi Petah Tikva. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Sahar 14 goals |   L. Cohen 11 goals |  D. Hugy 11 goals |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 214 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 213 | ||
| 88 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 94 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | ||