Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Rishon LeZion & Maccabi Bnei Raina face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Toto Cup. That game was also an away game, at Ashdod. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion form and stats
Hapoel Rishon LeZion participated in State Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th round.Hapoel Rishon LeZion have collected 12 points from their Liga Leumit home games so far after 4-0-4.
Stress levels are on the rise for Hapoel Rishon LeZion's attacking players as they have now played 263 minutes without scoring in a league game. Bamba was their last goal scorer.
Rishon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Kafr Qasim.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (0-1).Hapoel Rishon LeZion are not conceding a lot of goals here at Haberfeld Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
Maccabi Bnei Raina's mission in State Cup last season failed in the 4th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maccabi Bnei Raina so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Maccabi Bnei Raina, whose boss Mimer could celebrate last time after the Toto Cup win against Ashdod.
The game before that, in the Ligat ha'Al, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Hapoel Katamon.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Maccabi have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. For Maccabi Bnei Raina, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins - draws - Maccabi Bnei Raina wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Bamba 5 goals | ![]() S. Azulay 4 goals | ![]() R. Boateng 4 goals |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion missing players
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Maccabi Bnei Raina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 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 |