Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Haifa & Maccabi Tel Aviv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
Last season, Haifa's State Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Haifa have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. Hapoel Haifa are slowly digging their own grave here at Sammy Ofer Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Hapoel Kfar Saba match.
0-0 away at Hapoel Kfar Saba before that.
There will be little rest for Hapoel Haifa after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Hadera for a Ligat ha'Al game in only three days.
Haifa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 13 games. Haifa have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 8th round.Maccabi Tel Aviv's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Maccabi Tel Aviv collect 30 points from their 13 away matches in the Ligat ha'Al. 9 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Maccabi as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ashdod game have they lost an away game, meaning Maccabi has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Beitar Jerusalem in the Ligat ha'Al.
A new game in only three days for Maccabi, the Ligat ha'Al home match versus Hapoel Tel Aviv. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi Tel Aviv's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Maccabi as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Haifa won one, Maccabi Tel Aviv won six and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  A. Pešić 8 goals |   H. Maman 7 goals |
Hapoel Haifa missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Hapoel Haifa | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 57 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Hapoel Hadera | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 26 |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 26 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 22 |