Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Haifa & Hapoel Haifa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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 final.Maccabi Haifa have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligat ha'Al with 8 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
The Maccabi Haifa goalkeeper Roei Mishpati is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.
A nice win for Maccabi Haifa last time playing, versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Ligat ha'Al match versus Maccabi Netanya with a 2-0 scoreline.Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Sektzia Nes Tziona awaits 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 23 goals in 8 matches. Maccabi have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
Hapoel Haifa was sent out of State Cup in the semi-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Haifa so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-2 (win-draw-lose).
Two trips in a row for Hapoel Haifa, whose coach Levy could celebrate last time after the win against Bnei Sakhnin.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Maccabi Bnei Raina in the Ligat ha'Al.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hapoel Hadera in just three days.
The visiting Haifa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hapoel Haifa have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi have won all of the 5 latest battles against this opponent. Another win today?One of the stars has been Rukavytsya with 7 goals scored against Hapoel Haifa in these 10 games.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 10 goals |  D. David 8 goals |  T. Chery 5 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Hapoel Haifa missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 8 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 20 | 26 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 27 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 29% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 42 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 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 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 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 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
