National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ihud Bnei Shfaram or Bnei Yehuda that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ihud Bnei Shfaram form and stats
Ihud Bnei Shfaram's previous match was a State Cup game also played at home, ending 2-1 vs Bnei Yehuda. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hapoel Bu'eine.Bnei Yehuda form and stats
Bnei Yehuda's mission in State Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Hapoel Haifa.1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bnei Yehuda in their Liga Leumit matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Bnei Yehuda, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Ihud Bnei Shfaram in the State Cup.
Ahead of that match was the Liga Leumit away draw versus Hapoel Kfar Saba that ended 1-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yehuda as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Ihud Bnei Shfaram - Bnei Yehuda 2-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Atar 2 goals |  M. Bitton 2 goals | K. Aboubakar 2 goals |
Ihud Bnei Shfaram missing players
Bnei Yehuda missing players
| Ihud Bnei Shfaram | Bnei Yehuda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 60 | 37 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 40% | ||
| 7.8 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 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 Nazareth Illit | 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 |
