National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Petah Tikva or Ashdod that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only four days ago.
Hapoel Petah Tikva form and stats
The Petah manager Tzalpepe and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
Ahead of that match, a home loss in the Toto Cup Ligat Al against Hapoel Katamon.
Hapoel Petah Tikva 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, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hapoel Petah Tikva scored {0 goals} and let in {1 goals} during these two games.
Ashdod form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 11th place final.The supporters enjoyed Ashdod's previous game versus Hapoel Tel Aviv, a Toto Cup Ligat Al win (1-0) played at home.
A loss, in the Toto Cup Ligat Al away at Hapoel Katamon, before that.
Ashdod played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Ashdod scored 3 and conceded {0 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Ashdod have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Petah.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Hapoel Petah Tikva missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 46% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | Hapoel Katamon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
