National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Ramat Gan or Maccabi Petah Tikva that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ramat nor Maccabi Petah Tikva 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 Ramat Gan form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Hapoel Ramat Gan at their home stadium (National Stadium Ramat Gan) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Hapoel Ramat Gan are confident in defense, having played 229 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Ramat's last game was hosting Hapoel Ramat HaSharon and winning 2-0.
Before that match, a Liga Leumit win away at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Ramat Gan as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Rishon LeZion in the Liga Leumit. That match is three days after this one.
Hapoel Ramat Gan has scored {5 goals} so far and conceded {10 goals} from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.Playing away, Maccabi Petah Tikva have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga Leumit this season.
The Maccabi Petah Tikva goalkeeper Arie Yanko is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 230 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away matches in a row for Maccabi, whose manager Barda could celebrate last time after the win against Kafr Qasim. As you can tell from the results above, Maccabi Petah Tikva was very dominant against Kafr Qasim, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Shkurin, Gurno, Bar, Chaim and Kadur providing the goals.
Before that, the win at home against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit (1-0).
Maccabi Petah Tikva have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 5 away matches. Maccabi Petah Tikva are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding nine meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Ramat, one draw and six wins for Maccabi Petah Tikva. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Ben Chaim 6 goals |   G. Vlijter 3 goals |
Hapoel Ramat Gan missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Hapoel Afula | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Ironi Tiberias | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Kafr Qasim | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -8 | -4 |
