National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Afula or Ironi Tiberias 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 Hapoel Afula and Ironi Tiberias.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Afula participated in Toto Cup Ligat Leumit the last season, where they reached the 5th-8th place play-offs.The Hapoel Afula regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit duel also played here at Afula Illit Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Ironi Tiberias.
This is expected to be a close game, with Afula perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hapoel Afula as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Hapoel Afula has won 9 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.
Ironi Tiberias form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Ironi Tiberias, whose manager Hudeda could celebrate last time after the Toto Cup Ligat Leumit win against Hapoel Afula.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ironi Tiberias playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 Ironi Tiberias wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Hapoel Afula - Ironi Tiberias 0-1. Afula-Ironi Tiberias H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Afula one win, Ironi Tiberias one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Hapoel Afula missing players
Ironi Tiberias missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Ironi Tiberias | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 50% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ironi Tiberias | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Afula | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
