Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Katamon & Beitar Jerusalem face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
The Hapoel Katamon fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Teddi Malcha Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Katamon has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
A strong away win for Katamon against Hapoel Iksal the last match, as I. Shemesh, O. Rabinowitz, A. Wodaje, L. Elmaliac, A. Chekul and B. Mizan were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Katamon played a great game against Hapoel Iksal and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Previous to that game, a Liga Leumit home match hosting Hapoel Ramat Gan in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Katamon as they are travelling to their away game against Maccabi Netanya in the Toto Cup Ligat Al. That match is four days after this one.
Katamon have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hapoel Katamon scored 1 goal and let in 0 goals during these two games.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 3rd place final.Home advantage was not enough for Jerusalem in their previous game, as they lost their Ligat ha'Al-match, hosting Hapoel Hadera, 0-3.
A loss against Hapoel Hadera was the result prior to that, in a Ligat ha'Al home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Jerusalem are hosting Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Toto Cup Ligat Al only four days away.
It's a day of discovery for Jerusalem as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Beitar Jerusalem have played four with the results W0-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Beitar Jerusalem has scored 1 goal and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Katamon missing players
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
| Hapoel Katamon | Beitar Jerusalem | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |