Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth & Maccabi Petah Tikva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nazareth and Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Nazareth was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the State Cup.Maccabi Ahi Nazareth have played 10 Liga Leumit games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Maccabi Ahi Nazareth supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in Liga Leumit and win 2-0.
Heartbreak before that as Maccabi Ahi Nazareth lost 1-4 at Sektzia Nes Tziona's place.Nazareth has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Nazareth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ilut Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi was sent out of State Cup in the 8th finals last season.There's been little loot from Maccabi Petah Tikva's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 8 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Maccabi Petah Tikva only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligat ha'Al home defeat versus Maccabi Haifa with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Maccabi Haifa was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv's place.The schedule is very tough for Maccabi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligat ha'Al game at Hapoel Haifa is waiting in only four days.
Maccabi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 8 away games. As opposed to that, Maccabi have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Nazareth two wins, zero draws and Maccabi Petah Tikva four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Abed 6 goals | A. Dabour 4 goals | E. Rohana 3 goals |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Kafr Qasim | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Hapoel Acre | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Hapoel Afula | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 16 |
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Ashdod | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Hapoel Hadera | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Hapoel Katamon | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 13 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
