The league table is allowed to rest as Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Be'er Sheva battle for State Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi Petah Tikva nor Hapoel Be'er Sheva 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 Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi Petah Tikva participated in State Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.With 2 Ligat ha'Al wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Maccabi Petah Tikva are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Banda was the last player to score a league goal for Maccabi Petah Tikva and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Maccabi Petah Tikva haven't scored in 222 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Klinger led his Maccabi to a defeat away at Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Preceding that match was the home Ligat ha'Al game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva that was lost 0-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hapoel Katamon are coming to town in four days.
On the other hand, Maccabi Petah Tikva have conceded 14 goals.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
Hapoel Be'er Sheva's mission in State Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Hapoel Be'er Sheva's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hapoel Be'er Sheva collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Ligat ha'Al. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hapoel Be'er Sheva goalkeeper Ariel Harush is eager to challenge this, with his 242 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Be'er play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hapoel Katamon.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Maccabi Petah Tikva.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Maccabi Netanya in just four days.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Hapoel Be'er Sheva are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Maccabi Petah Tikva victory, two draws and seven Hapoel Be'er Sheva wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 8 goals |  R. Safouri 7 goals |   L. Banda 4 goals |
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 46 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Ashdod | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Bnei Sakhnin | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 17 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 16 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
