Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Netanya & 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!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Maccabi Netanya was eliminated in the 9th place final last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.Maccabi Netanya have played 6 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Maccabi in their previous game, a fixture away at Ashdod that ended with a 3-2 victory.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ironi Kiryat Shmona.Maccabi Netanya are traveling soon after this match as the State Cup match at Ironi Kiryat Shmona awaits in four days.
Maccabi Netanya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Maccabi have conceded 8 goals.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 9th place final.As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Hapoel Hadera have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
The attacking players of Hapoel Hadera have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 240 minutes.
There were no winners in Hadera's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Sektzia Nes Tziona.
Prior to that match, the Hapoel Hadera manager Nimni faced defeat when travelling to Hapoel Be'er Sheva and losing 0-3.A new game in only four days for Hapoel Hadera, the State Cup home match versus Hapoel Kfar Saba. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hapoel Hadera have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Hadera have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Maccabi Netanya won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Hapoel Hadera managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Zlatanović 7 goals |  S. Fadida 4 goals | M. El-Khatib 3 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 41% | ||
| 7.4 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 Haifa | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
