Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Haifa & Hapoel Be'er Sheva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the State Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sammy Ofer Stadium as Maccabi Haifa have scored 36 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Ligat ha'Al are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Maccabi Haifa are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The Maccabi Haifa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Be'er Sheva in Ligat ha'Al and win 4-0. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Ashdod.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maccabi Haifa played a great game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Maccabi Haifa handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and three defeats.
Maccabi Haifa are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 13 games). Maccabi Haifa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Hapoel Be'er Sheva have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva are travelling again after losing away to Maccabi Haifa in their previous match (0-4). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Hapoel Kfar Saba in the Ligat ha'Al.
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.
We have checked recent matches where Hapoel Be'er Sheva have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Be'er Sheva as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Be'er Sheva in these games.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa-Hapoel Be'er Sheva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi Haifa six wins, Hapoel Be'er Sheva three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 18 goals |   B. Sahar 13 goals |  T. Chery 8 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 56 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 7.3 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 308 | 170 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 280 | ||
| 147 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 122 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| 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 Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 41 | 64 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 38 | 58 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 38 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 37 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 22 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 21 |
| 14 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 31 | -24 | 16 |