Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Tel Aviv & Hapoel Katamon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Toto Cup Ligat Al. All the pre-match information is available here!
Maccabi have less rest than Hapoel Katamon in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Club Friendlies 2 game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Adana Demirspor.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi Tel Aviv participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al the last season, where they reached the 5th place final.It's back home for Maccabi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Adana Demirspor away with the result 6-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Maccabi Tel Aviv, with a total of 9 goals in the match against Adana Demirspor. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that match, a Club Friendlies 2 win away at Antalyaspor.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi Tel Aviv as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the State Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Hapoel Katamon was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the 5th place final last season.Hapoel Katamon's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hapoel Katamon collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Ligat ha'Al. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
It's the second away game in a row for Katamon, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Maccabi Bnei Raina last time out.
The game before that, in the Ligat ha'Al, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Maccabi Tel Aviv.The travelling fans enjoy Hapoel Katamon's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Hapoel Katamon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {3 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Hapoel Katamon.Top Goalscorers
  Đ. Jovanović 7 goals |  E. Zahavi 5 goals | O. Gluh 4 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
