National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Katamon or Sektzia Nes Tziona that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hapoel Katamon and Sektzia Nes Tziona.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Katamon was eliminated in the 5th place final last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.Hapoel Katamon's previous match was a Toto Cup Ligat Al game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 versus Sektzia Nes Tziona. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Erik lost again The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hapoel Katamon have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
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 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hapoel Katamon scored 0 goals and let in 5 goals during these two games.
Sektzia Nes Tziona form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Sektzia Nes Tziona, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Hapoel Katamon in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
We have checked recent matches where Sektzia Nes Tziona have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Just as the home team, Sektzia Nes Tziona have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Sektzia Nes Tziona wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Katamon have won all of the 5 latest matches against this opponent. Can they do it again?This was the final score when the contenders played each other previously this season; Hapoel Katamon - Sektzia Nes Tziona 2-0.
Hapoel Katamon missing players
Sektzia Nes Tziona missing players
| Hapoel Katamon | Sektzia Nes Tziona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 42% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 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 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Ashdod | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
