National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Be'er Sheva or Hapoel Tel Aviv that keep their silverware dream alive.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
Last season, Be'er's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the final.Hapoel Be'er Sheva have played 7 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Hapoel Be'er Sheva goalkeeper Omri Glazer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 432 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva are returning here after visiting Ironi Kiryat Shmona and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Hatuel scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hapoel Hadera.There will be little rest for Hapoel Be'er Sheva after this match as they are travelling to Ashdod for a State Cup game in only four days.
The Be'er fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the semi-finals last season.Hapoel Tel Aviv have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligat ha'Al, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
Hapoel Tel Aviv lost away at Maccabi Haifa (2-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can tell from the result, the match against Maccabi Haifa was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Before that, Aviv secured a home win against Beitar Jerusalem with the score 2-1.The schedule is very tough for Hapoel Tel Aviv now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A State Cup game at Hapoel Afula is waiting in only four days.
For Aviv, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hapoel Be'er Sheva three wins, three draws and Hapoel Tel Aviv four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Hatuel 8 goals |  R. Safouri 5 goals |   A. Ožbolt 5 goals |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 32% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
