National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Ahi Nazareth or Tzofi Haifa that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth form and stats
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth participated in State Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Leumit numbers at home for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth so far this season.
The Nazareth crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Hapoel Kfar Saba here at Ilut Stadium.
In the game before, an away victory in the Liga Leumit match versus Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as they are travelling to their away game against Bnei Yehuda in the Liga Leumit. That match is four days after this one.
The Maccabi Ahi Nazareth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ilut Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Tzofi Haifa form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Tzofi, whose coach Farhud could celebrate last time after the State Cup win against Hapoel Bu'eine.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Maccabi Neve Sha'anan in the State Cup (1-0).
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth missing players
Tzofi Haifa missing players
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Tzofi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 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 Petah Tikva | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Ironi Tiberias | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Bnei Yehuda | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -15 | -1 |
| 16 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 9 |
