National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Netanya or Hapoel Tel Aviv that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Netanya form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.6-1-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligat ha'Al numbers at home for Maccabi Netanya so far this season.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Bnei Yehuda.
Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Maccabi Haifa awaits in three days.
Maccabi Netanya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Netanya Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Maccabi have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.5-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Tel Aviv in their Ligat ha'Al matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Aviv on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Preceding that game was the away Ligat ha'Al victory against Hapoel Be'er Sheva with the score of 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aviv manager N. Klinger as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Maccabi victories, five draws and three Hapoel Tel Aviv wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kanichowsky 7 goals |   O. Altman 6 goals |  H. Ezra 4 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 21% | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 54 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 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 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 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 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 22 |