National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Netanya or Hapoel Katamon that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only four days ago.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 3rd place final.Maccabi's last game was hosting Hapoel Haifa and winning 2-0.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hapoel Haifa.There will be little rest for Maccabi after this match as they are travelling to Maccabi Petah Tikva for a Toto Cup Ligat Al game in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Maccabi Netanya friendly games in pre-season: Maccabi played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Maccabi Netanya scored 0 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Hapoel Katamon have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
Katamon go into this game after a win, the home game against Beitar Jerusalem that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away Liga Leumit victory against Hapoel Iksal with the score of 6-1.Just as the home team, Hapoel Katamon have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Hapoel Katamon win, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - zero - one (Maccabi wins - draws - Hapoel Katamon wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Katamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |