National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ihud Bnei Shfaram or Hapoel Haifa that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Ihud Bnei Shfaram saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga Alef. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at MS Tira.
Ihud Bnei Shfaram form and stats
It's back home for Shfaram, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating MS Tira away with the result 3-2. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in McLuckie, having found the net in 13 consecutive games.
In the match before that, Ihud Bnei Shfaram hosted Ironi Nesher and drew the Liga Alef game 2-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shfaram as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga Alef match thankfully also at home. Ironi Baka El Garbiya are visiting.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
Hapoel Haifa was sent out of State Cup in the semi-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Haifa so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose).
Two away matches in a row for Haifa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 4-5 versus Sektzia Nes Tziona in the Toto Cup.
It was a Ligat ha'Al defeat before that one as the away game against Maccabi Tel Aviv wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Haifa as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Hapoel Haifa have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Turgeman 3 goals |  D. Malul 1 goals |  L. Serdal 1 goals |
Ihud Bnei Shfaram missing players
Hapoel Haifa missing players
| Ihud Bnei Shfaram | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Scored | S | 11 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8.4 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.6 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 39% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 21% | ||
| 8.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 |
