National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Nof HaGalil or Maccabi Haifa that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Nof HaGalil nor Maccabi Haifa 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.
Hapoel Nof HaGalil form and stats
Hapoel Nof HaGalil was eliminated in the 8th round last season in the State Cup.Hapoel Nof HaGalil's results here at Green Stadium in the Liga Leumit have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
HaGalil haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 213 minutes ago. Malka scored that one.
Hapoel Nof HaGalil's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Bnei Yehuda.
Heartbreak before that as HaGalil lost 0-1 at Hapoel Kfar Saba's place.Hapoel Nof HaGalil have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the final.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligat ha'Al.
The club members enjoyed Maccabi Haifa's previous game versus Bnei Sakhnin, a Toto Cup win (4-1) played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Ligat ha'Al victory against Hapoel Haifa with the score of 1-0.Maccabi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Maccabi Haifa have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Hapoel Nof HaGalil.Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 9 goals |  F. Pierrot 5 goals |  T. Chery 4 goals |
Hapoel Nof HaGalil missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 51 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| 12 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 |
