Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Tel Aviv & Ashdod face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Tel Aviv nor Ashdod as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.The Aviv followers got no joy from their last match, a Toto Cup Ligat Al duel also played here at Bloomfield Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Ashdod.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hapoel Tel Aviv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Ashdod form and stats
Ashdod was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the 7th place final last season.Two travels in a row for Ashdod, whose boss Shimon could celebrate last time after the Toto Cup Ligat Al win against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ashdod playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Ashdod wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Just as the home team, Ashdod have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Ashdod win, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Ashdod 2-3. Hapoel Tel Aviv-Ashdod H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Tel Aviv four wins, Ashdod five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
