Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ironi Kiryat Shmona & Hapoel Nazareth Illit face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only three days ago.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona form and stats
Last season, Ironi Kiryat Shmona's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the 11th place final.Kiryat drew their last game, 2-2 away at Maccabi Tel Aviv. Late drama in the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv as Kiryat were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until E. Ansah popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.
In the match before that, Kiryat hosted Maccabi Haifa and drew the Ligat ha'Al game 1-1.Kiryat are traveling soon after this match as the Toto Cup Ligat Al match at Hapoel Haifa awaits in four days.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
In general it has been a productive period now for Hapoel Nazareth Illit as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
The manager Y. Hohenboym was unhappy after their last game, a Toto Cup Ligat Al match played at their home ground Green Stadium. Nazareth suffered a 1-2 loss to Bnei Sakhnin (placed 1st).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Hapoel Rishon LeZion.Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Kiryat, three draws and one win for Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Ironi Kiryat Shmona missing players
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 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 |