Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Petah Tikva & Hapoel Kfar Saba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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 Petah Tikva, their manager G. Luzon and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Maccabi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Maccabi Netanya away with the result 1-0. L. Inbrum found the net in that victory. Before that, Maccabi Petah Tikva drew at home versus Hapoel Hadera.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Maccabi Petah Tikva have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost zero.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Maccabi Petah Tikva, who have participated in two training matches. Maccabi Petah Tikva have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Kfar was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the 13th place final last season.Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Kfar are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
There were no winners in Hapoel Kfar Saba's previous match, a Toto Cup Ligat Al home game that ended 1-1 vs Hapoel Hadera (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Hapoel Kfar Saba manager A. Turgeman faced defeat when travelling to Maccabi Netanya and losing 0-3.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kfar playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Hapoel Kfar Saba wins, three draws and two defeats.
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, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Maccabi won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Hapoel Kfar Saba has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nineMaccabi Petah Tikva missing players
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| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 209 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 164 | ||
| 84 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 73 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 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 |