National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Shaarayim or Maccabi Bnei Raina 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 Shaarayim form and stats
Maccabi Shaarayim participated in State Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.A strong away win for Shaarayim against Bnei Eilat the last match.
Preceding that match was a Liga Alef defeat to Maccabi Ashdod (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shaarayim as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Bikat Hayarden in the Liga Alef. That match is two days after this one.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
Maccabi's mission in State Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Liga Leumit matches, Maccabi Bnei Raina have produced an overall stat of 1-3-1 so far.
Maccabi Bnei Raina go into this game after a win, the home game against Hapoel Ra'anana that ended 2-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Hapoel Afula.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maccabi manager A. Hadia as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sektzia Nes Tziona.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Maccabi have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Maccabi Bnei Raina have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Shaarayim missing players
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
| Maccabi Shaarayim | Maccabi Bnei Raina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Kafr Qasim | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Bnei Yehuda | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 5 |