National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Bnei Raina or Maccabi Netanya that keep their silverware dream alive.
Maccabi Netanya could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only three sleeps ago.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
Maccabi Bnei Raina was eliminated in the 11th place final last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.The Maccabi Bnei Raina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Hapoel Haifa here at Green Stadium. Maccabi were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that match, a Ligat ha'Al win away at Beitar Jerusalem.Maccabi Bnei Raina are traveling soon after this match as the Toto Cup Ligat Al match at Hapoel Haifa awaits in three days.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Maccabi Netanya, as they won the Toto Cup Ligat Al.The followers enjoyed Maccabi's previous game versus Hapoel Hadera, a Toto Cup Ligat Al win (3-1) played at home.
The fixture before was the State Cup-battle against Beitar Jerusalem, a home defeat (0-3).
It's a day of discovery for Maccabi Netanya 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 Maccabi Netanya have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Maccabi Netanya has scored {6 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these squads: Maccabi Bnei Raina won zero, Maccabi Netanya were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
Maccabi Netanya missing players
| Maccabi Bnei Raina | Maccabi Netanya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.5 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
