National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Ramat HaSharon or Ashdod that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon and Ashdod.
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Hapoel Ramat HaSharon have played 9 Liga Leumit games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Poraz Wolkowiz not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.
The HaSharon fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Agudat Sport Ashdod and win 2-0.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Bnei Yehuda.Hapoel Ramat HaSharon aren't scoring a lot here at Lod Municipal Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. HaSharon have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ashdod form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the 8th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ashdod so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Ashdod's last game was the home draw against Hapoel Katamon (1-1).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sektzia Nes Tziona's place.The schedule is very tough for Ashdod now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligat ha'Al game at Maccabi Tel Aviv is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Ashdod when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ashdod have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Hapoel Ramat HaSharon wins - draws - Ashdod wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Mamatah 3 goals |  I. Ransom Jidechukwu 2 goals | A. Ben Hamo 2 goals |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Tiberias | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -17 | 1 |
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
