National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Agudat Sport Ashdod or Hapoel Afula that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Agudat Sport Ashdod and Hapoel Afula.
Agudat Sport Ashdod form and stats
Agudat Sport Ashdod have not come this way in the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, Kafr Qasim and Hapoel Ramat HaSharon. Agudat participated in Toto Cup Ligat Leumit the last season, where they reached the 13th-16th place play-offs.The Agudat Sport Ashdod regulars got no joy from their last game, a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit duel also played here at Yud-Alef Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Kafr Qasim.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Agudat Sport Ashdod have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ironi Tiberias, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Ramat Gan in order to reach 9th-12th place play-offs of Toto Cup Ligat Leumit. Hapoel Afula's mission in Toto Cup Ligat Leumit last season failed in the 5th-8th place play-offs.This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit home loss versus Ironi Tiberias with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
hometeam won We have checked recent matches where Afula have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings featuring these squads: Agudat Sport Ashdod won one, Hapoel Afula triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Agudat Sport Ashdod missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Agudat Sport Ashdod | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
