National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Tel Aviv or Maccabi Petah Tikva that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Last season, Aviv's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the 13th place final.1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Toto Cup Ligat Al for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The Hapoel Tel Aviv crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Bnei Yehuda here at Bloomfield Stadium in a Toto Cup Ligat Al match. Before that, Aviv played out a Toto Cup Ligat Al draw 0-0 when visiting Beitar Jerusalem.
Aviv are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Hapoel Kfar Saba awaits in four days.
Aviv have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Hapoel Tel Aviv have scored 0 goals and conceded 4 times.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 7th place final.Total Toto Cup Ligat Al statistics for Maccabi Petah Tikva: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Toto Cup Ligat Al home defeat versus Hapoel Kfar Saba with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Maccabi Netanya.
The schedule is very tough for Maccabi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligat ha'Al game at Maccabi Tel Aviv is waiting in only four days.
Just as the home team, Maccabi have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Maccabi Petah Tikva wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Aviv wins - draws - Maccabi Petah Tikva wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 157 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 208 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 84 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | ||