National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Petah Tikva or Hapoel Tel Aviv that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Maccabi Petah Tikva form and stats
Maccabi was eliminated in the 9th place final last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.Three consecutive losses here is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Maccabi fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligat ha'Al game also here: A 1-3 defeat against Ashdod.
A Ligat ha'Al defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Hapoel Be'er Sheva.There will be little rest for Maccabi after this match as they are travelling to Beitar Jerusalem for a Toto Cup Ligat Al game in only 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 Petah Tikva have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Aviv's mission in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season failed in the 9th place final.It might be tough going out on the road again for Aviv, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Maccabi Tel Aviv (after extra-time).
Preceding that game was the away Ligat ha'Al victory against Bnei Sakhnin with the score of 3-2.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hapoel Tel Aviv have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi three wins, four draws and Hapoel Tel Aviv three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Maccabi Petah Tikva missing players
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 10 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.4 | 5.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 31% | ||
| 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 |