The first of two encounters in the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Sheriff will try to edge Maccabi Haifa in their own ballpark.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Maccabi Haifa, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating SSC Farul. Sheriff participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round and lost against Viktoria Plzen.Sheriff's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-0 against SSC Farul. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against SSC Farul in the Champions League.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hamrun Spartans in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Maccabi Haifa was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.The followers enjoyed Maccabi Haifa's previous fixture versus Hamrun Spartans, a Champions League win (2-1) played at home. Saba, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.84. Saba hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that, the Champions League win away at Hamrun Spartans.
Maccabi Haifa played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these three matches Maccabi scored 4 and conceded {3 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Sheriff missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Sheriff | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | ||
| 6.6 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
