National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Haifa or Maccabi Petah Tikva that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi Haifa nor Maccabi Petah Tikva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Home games in the Ligat ha'Al have been a walk in the park for Maccabi Haifa so far, with 31 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Happy days for Maccabi in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Bnei Yehuda that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Maccabi Haifa lost 0-2 at home to Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Maccabi Netanya are coming to town in two days.
Goals decide football matches and Maccabi Haifa are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 12 league matches. Maccabi Haifa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva's mission in State Cup last season failed in the final.As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Maccabi Petah Tikva have produced an overall stat of 6-1-5 so far.
There were no winners in Maccabi's previous match, a Ligat ha'Al home game that ended 0-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A 1-2 defeat away at Ironi Kiryat Shmona before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi Petah Tikva manager G. Luzon as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Bnei Sakhnin.
Maccabi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Maccabi Petah Tikva have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa-Maccabi Petah Tikva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi four wins, Maccabi Petah Tikva three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
N. Rukavytsya 16 goals | D. Haziza 8 goals | L. Abada 8 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
17 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
49 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 23 | ||
26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
11.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 6.8 | ||
6.1 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% |
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 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 57 |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 30 | 56 |
3 | Ashdod | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 40 |
4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 35 |
6 | Maccabi Netanya | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
7 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
9 | Hapoel Haifa | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
10 | Hapoel Hadera | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 26 |
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 26 |
13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
14 | Bnei Yehuda | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 22 |