National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Tel Aviv or Beitar Jerusalem that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Hapoel Tel Aviv nor Beitar Jerusalem 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
Aviv participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Hapoel Tel Aviv's previous fixture was a Toto Cup Ligat Al game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 versus Beitar Jerusalem. The home side hope to to build on that result.
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 Tel Aviv have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 13th place final.Two away matches in a row for Jerusalem, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
A draw for Beitar Jerusalem before that, at their own venue hosting Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3-3).Beitar Jerusalem are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Beitar Jerusalem played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Beitar Jerusalem scored 3 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Aviv have won at least one point in the last 8 matches (4-4-0) against Beitar Jerusalem.Hapoel Tel Aviv - Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 was the end result in these participants' previous head to head match, played this season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Beitar Jerusalem | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 38% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 |
