The league table is allowed to rest as Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva battle for State Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Maccabi Tel Aviv have less rest than Maccabi Petah Tikva in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligat ha'Al game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Last season, Maccabi Tel Aviv's State Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Home games in the Ligat ha'Al have been a walk in the park for Maccabi Tel Aviv so far, with 28 points won from 10 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Peretz not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.
Maccabi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hapoel Tel Aviv that ended 0-0.
Before that, Maccabi Tel Aviv had a Ligat ha'Al home game versus Maccabi Haifa which ended with a victory 3-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Maccabi Tel Aviv as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligat ha'Al match thankfully also at home. Bnei Sakhnin are visiting.
Maccabi always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Netanya Stadium with 31 goals in 10 league games. Maccabi Tel Aviv have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Last season their State Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.6 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Maccabi Petah Tikva playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season.
Maccabi Petah Tikva had fun at their own home (Netanya Stadium) last time out, beating Hapoel Afula 2-1.
It was a Liga Leumit defeat before that one as the away game against Hapoel Petah Tikva wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The travelling fans enjoy Maccabi's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. 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 three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Tel Aviv have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing Maccabi Petah Tikva.Top Goalscorers
  E. Zahavi 12 goals |  Đ. Jovanović 11 goals |  I. Shkurin 8 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 82% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 46% | ||
| 8.1 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 44 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 26 | 42 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Ashdod | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 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 Petah Tikva | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Ironi Tiberias | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Hapoel Afula | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Kafr Qasim | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 18 |
| 16 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -20 | 5 |
