Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Hadera & Ironi Kiryat Shmona face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season, Hapoel Hadera's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the 9th place final.Hadera are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Maccabi Petah Tikva. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that match was the home Ligat ha'Al game against Beitar Jerusalem that was lost 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Hapoel Hadera perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Hadera as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Hapoel Hadera has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Hapoel Hadera are traveling soon after this match as the Toto Cup Ligat Al match at Bnei Sakhnin awaits in three days.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 11th place final.Kiryat has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Beitar Jerusalem for a 3-3 draw. Ironi Kiryat Shmona's last match (vs Beitar Jerusalem) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Rochet. As mentioned above, Ironi Kiryat Shmona drew the match against Beitar Jerusalem. Manager Koretski brought on Rochet to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the Ligat ha'Al.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Ironi Kiryat Shmona in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Kiryat, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Ironi Kiryat Shmona scored 1 and conceded 0 goals.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Hapoel Hadera, three draws and three wins for Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Hapoel Hadera missing players
Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
| Hapoel Hadera | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
