Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ironi Kiryat Shmona & Hapoel Hadera 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kiryat and Hapoel Hadera.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 11th place final.Kiryat faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hapoel Haifa (0-1).
In the match before that, Kiryat hosted Hapoel Nazareth Illit and drew the Toto Cup Ligat Al game 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kiryat as they are travelling to their away game against Bnei Sakhnin in the Toto Cup Ligat Al. That match is four days after this one.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 13th place final.Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Hadera's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Ashdod game.
Home advantage was not enough for Hadera in their previous game, as they lost their Toto Cup Ligat Al-match, hosting Bnei Sakhnin, 1-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hapoel Haifa.A new game in only four days for Hapoel Hadera, the Toto Cup Ligat Al home match versus Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Hapoel Hadera as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Hapoel Hadera have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hadera has scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Kiryat victories, two draws and three Hapoel Hadera wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 28 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |