Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth & Hapoel Acre face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Acre should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have to build on here at Ilut Stadium in the Liga Leumit.
Nazareth lost their last game at Agudat Sport Ashdod after a 0-3 scoreline. Nazareth lost the game against Agudat Sport Ashdod in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
Previous to that game, a Liga Leumit home match hosting Hapoel Kfar Saba in a game that was won 2-1.Maccabi Ahi Nazareth has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Nazareth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Acre form and stats
Acre was sent out of State Cup in the 4th round last season.3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Acre in their Liga Leumit matches away.
Hapoel Acre play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Bnei Yehuda.
A draw for Hapoel Acre before that, at their own venue hosting Maccabi Bnei Raina (1-1).The Acre manager Dego has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. As opposed to that, Acre have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nazareth three wins, two draws and Hapoel Acre five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Aboubakar 5 goals |  A. Abed 4 goals | Z. Ahmed 4 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Hapoel Acre missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Hapoel Acre | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | ||
| 10.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kafr Qasim | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Acre | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 9 |