National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ironi Kiryat Shmona or Ashdod that keep their silverware dream alive.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Ashdod should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
Last season, Kiryat's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the semi-finals.0W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Toto Cup Ligat Al for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
The spoils were shared in Kiryat's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bnei Sakhnin travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that, Kiryat played out a Toto Cup Ligat Al draw 2-2 when visiting Hapoel Haifa.
Ashdod form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 5th place final.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Toto Cup Ligat Al stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Ashdod might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Beitar Jerusalem proved too strong as Ashdod slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yud-Alef Stadium. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bnei Yehuda at their stadium, the result 5-1.
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 2 Ashdod wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kiryat four wins, two draws and Ashdod four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Ashdod missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Ashdod | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 225 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 113 | 262 | ||
| 88 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 104 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | ||