National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Kfar Saba or Hapoel Afula that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Hapoel Kfar Saba form and stats
Last season, Kfar's Toto Cup Ligat Leumit journey ended in the semi-finals.Hapoel Kfar Saba's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-2 vs Ironi Tiberias (in Toto Cup Ligat Leumit).
In the match before that, Hapoel Kfar Saba hosted Kafr Qasim and drew the Liga Leumit game 1-1.There will be little rest for Kfar after this match as they are travelling to Hapoel Ramat Gan for a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit game in only four days.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Leumit last season. This ended in the 5th-8th place play-offs.This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit home defeat versus Hapoel Ramat Gan with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Liga Leumit.After this away game Hapoel Afula return home for a Toto Cup Ligat Leumit game against Ironi Tiberias. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Kfar victories, two draws and three Hapoel Afula wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Hapoel Kfar Saba missing players
Hapoel Afula missing players
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Hapoel Afula | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| 10 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Afula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
