About Match
15 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st), 3 for Ironi Kiryat Shmona (12th): a 12-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Tel Aviv 3.6 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 and 2.2, with the league averaging 1.57. A win here leaves Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 6 points and up to 7th, other results permitting.
Seven consecutive wins precede this game for Maccabi Tel Aviv, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Ironi Kiryat Shmona have been beaten in three straight games. Recent form is uneven: 15/15 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv, 3/15 for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 4 for Maccabi Tel Aviv, 1 for Ironi Kiryat Shmona and 1 drawn, at 3.33 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 17% of the wins in this matchup. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
Bloomfield Stadium in Petah Tikva stages the fixture, a ground that holds 29,150.




