Maccabi Petah Tikva vs Ironi Kiryat ShmonaPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

The HaMoshava Stadium sees Maccabi Petah Tikva open against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. The hosts finished their Toto Cup with two wins and three defeats: a 3-0 over Ironi Tiberias and a 2-1 over Hapoel Ramat Gan on one side, the 0-1 losses to Hapoel Katamon and Hapoel Petah Tikva and a 1-2 to Maccabi Netanya on the other. Ironi Kiryat Shmona won four of their last five and scored in every one of them: 3-1 away at Hapoel Haifa, 1-0 over Bnei Sakhnin, 1-0 at Tiberias and 3-0 against Maccabi Haifa, the only slip a 1-2 at home to Hapoel Tel Aviv. Of six previous meetings the visitors took four, the hosts one, with one drawn. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.