National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Umm al-Fahm or Maccabi Tel Aviv that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm form and stats
Last season, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm's State Cup journey ended in the 5th round.3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Hapoel Umm al-Fahm so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
In their previous game, the manager N. Berckovich led his Hapoel Umm al-Fahm to a defeat in the Liga Leumit match away at Hapoel Rishon LeZion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm drew at home versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Umm al-Fahm as they are travelling to their away game against Bnei Sakhnin in the Liga Leumit. That match is three days after this one.
The Hapoel Umm al-Fahm fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm have conceded 9 goals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The away performances of Maccabi Tel Aviv have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Maccabi Tel Aviv as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games. Maccabi Tel Aviv are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 28 in a row without losing.
The attacking players of Maccabi Tel Aviv have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Maccabi Tel Aviv delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Maccabi Netanya in their previous match; a Ligat ha'Al game. Prior to that result Maccabi Tel Aviv won their away game at Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al. The scoreline was 3-0.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Maccabi Tel Aviv are regular goalscorers on their travels. Maccabi Tel Aviv are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gabay 6 goals |  R. Messika 5 goals |   Y. Cohen 5 goals |
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm missing players
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 24% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 68% | ||
| 17% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 185 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 153 | 259 | ||
| 73 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 111 | ||
| 42% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Kafr Qasim | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -27 | 9 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 7 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 8 |