A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Hadera know what's at stake in this second leg of the State Cup Quarter-finals clash.
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 Haifa form and stats
Last season, Maccabi's State Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.10-1-1 is the performance here at Sammy Ofer Stadium so far in the Ligat ha'Al, giving Maccabi Haifa a total of 31 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results!
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Roei Mishpati not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.
Maccabi Haifa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hapoel Haifa's place. The match ended 1-0 with Chery scoring.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hapoel Tel Aviv.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hapoel Nazareth Illit are coming to town in four days.
Maccabi Haifa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. Maccabi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Hapoel Hadera playing as the away team in the Ligat ha'Al this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Hapoel Hadera in their previous game as they lost hosting Maccabi Petah Tikva, 1-4.
Before that, Hadera secured a home win against Beitar Jerusalem with the score 1-0.Hapoel Hadera have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Ligat ha'Al game versus Bnei Sakhnin. A hard fixture list for the visiting team!
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Hadera in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also faced each other previously this season: Hapoel Hadera - Maccabi Haifa 0-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Maccabi won seven, Hapoel Hadera were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 18 goals | D. David 13 goals | D. Haziza 7 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 33 | Scored | S | 9 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 42 | 55 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 27 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Hapoel Katamon | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -23 | 19 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
