National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Ahi Nazareth or Maccabi Netanya that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Nazareth nor Maccabi Netanya as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The story so far in the Liga Leumit for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth at their home stadium (Ilut Stadium) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 218 minutes.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's last game was hosting Maccabi Petah Tikva and winning 3-0.
0-0 away at Agudat Sport Ashdod before that.The Maccabi Ahi Nazareth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have conceded only 7 goals.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Maccabi was sent out of State Cup in the round of 16 last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maccabi Netanya so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Maccabi Netanya are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The game before that, in the Ligat ha'Al, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Maccabi Haifa.After this away game Maccabi Netanya return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Bnei Sakhnin. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Maccabi Netanya have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. For Maccabi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - two - five (Maccabi Ahi Nazareth wins - draws - Maccabi Netanya wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Zlatanović 9 goals |  N. Bazea 4 goals | B. Kuku 3 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Maccabi Netanya missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Maccabi Netanya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 44% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 20% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Tiberias | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -17 | 1 |
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
