National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Petah Tikva or Hapoel Hadera that keep their silverware dream alive.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Last season, Maccabi's Toto Cup Ligat Al journey ended in the 7th place final.Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Maccabi, their manager G. Luzon and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Maccabi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hapoel Be'er Sheva (0-2). Heartbreak before that as Maccabi lost 0-2 at Hapoel Be'er Sheva's place.
The manager G. Luzon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maccabi Netanya in only three days.
Maccabi Petah Tikva have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Maccabi Petah Tikva scored 2 goals and let in 4 goals during these two games.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 9th place final.Two away games in a row for Hapoel Hadera, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Ashdod in the Ligat ha'Al. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Hapoel Ra'anana in the Ligat ha'Al.
Hadera has another fixture away, a Toto Cup Ligat Al game, against Hapoel Kfar Saba in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Hapoel Hadera played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these four matches Hapoel Hadera scored 3 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Maccabi Petah Tikva wins - draws - Hapoel Hadera wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Hadera missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Hadera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 203 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 175 | ||
| 85 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 75 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 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 |