National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Netanya or Hapoel Kfar Saba that keep their silverware dream alive.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 7th place final.Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Maccabi Netanya as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Maccabi fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligat ha'Al game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Hapoel Kfar Saba (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Maccabi lost 0-1 at home to Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Maccabi Petah Tikva are coming to town in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Maccabi, who have participated in two training matches. Maccabi Netanya have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 13th place final.Kfar love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Kfar, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Maccabi Netanya (placed 3rd) in the Ligat ha'Al last time out. Preceding that game was the away Ligat ha'Al victory against Maccabi Netanya with the score of 1-0.
Just as the home team, Hapoel Kfar Saba have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Kfar win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi three wins, four draws and Hapoel Kfar Saba three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 239 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 82 | 170 | ||
| 101 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 70 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Hadera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |