Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth & Hapoel Azor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Nazareth was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the State Cup.Overall Liga Leumit stats at home this season for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The club members are hoping that Maccabi Ahi Nazareth will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Hapoel Petah Tikva.
Before that game, the home loss against Hapoel Ramat Gan with the scoreline 0-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Nazareth as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga Leumit match thankfully also at home. Hapoel Afula are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth here at Ilut Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). From these home matches, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded only 4 goals.
Hapoel Azor form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Azor's last game was the home draw against Ironi Beit Dagan (1-1).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Hakoah Ramat Gan.After this away game Hapoel Azor return home for a Liga Bet - South A game against Hapoel Kiryat Ono. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Hapoel Azor missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Hapoel Azor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 9.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 Nof HaGalil | 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 |
