Ligat ha'Al match prediction and preview for Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Maccabi Haifa clash

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Tue 05.January
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Teddi Malcha Stadium (21600 seats)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Maccabi Haifa.

Insights:
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (29) in Ligat ha'Al

It's no vacation for neither Be'er nor Maccabi Haifa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats

The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Hapoel Be'er Sheva at their home stadium (Teddi Malcha Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bnei Yehuda and winning 2-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hapoel Hadera are coming to town in four days.

Be'er have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Teddi Malcha Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Be'er defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (29) in Ligat ha'Al, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligat ha'Al. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Maccabi has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Hapoel Kfar Saba.

356 minutes! That's how long the Maccabi goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maccabi Netanya at their stadium, the result 2-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Maccabi Haifa are regular goalscorers on their travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Maccabi Haifa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa have met before this season: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Be'er three wins, zero draws and Maccabi Haifa seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi HaifaN. Rukavytsya
N. Rukavytsya
13 goals
Hapoel Be'er ShevaG. Varenne
G. Varenne
6 goals
Be'erJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
5 goals

Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Haifa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 4 7 14
6 2 0 Won W 3 5 11
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
21 10 1 Scored S 8 15 29
17 9 2 Conceded C 3 7 11
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
64% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 86% 71%
36% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
7% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
57% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 50%
36% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 50%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.3 11.6
4.2 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.7 6.6
36% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 31%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • All of Maccabi Haifa's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most clean sheets (7) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most points (15) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (15) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (29) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the the best goal difference (+18) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa has the the best goal difference (+8) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Maccabi Haifa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Maccabi Haifa is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maccabi Haifa 14 11 1 2 29 11 7 6 1 0 14 4 7 5 0 2 15 7 18 34
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 6 5 2 24 15 6 3 2 1 11 7 7 3 3 1 13 8 9 23
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 13 7 2 4 15 10 7 4 1 2 7 3 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 23
4 Ashdod 13 7 1 5 17 11 6 4 0 2 10 5 7 3 1 3 7 6 6 22
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 5 5 3 20 17 6 2 3 1 10 9 7 3 2 2 10 8 3 20
6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 13 5 3 5 10 10 7 3 2 2 6 6 6 2 1 3 4 4 0 18
7 Hapoel Haifa 13 5 3 5 16 17 7 4 1 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 18
8 Maccabi Netanya 13 4 5 4 22 18 6 4 1 1 15 5 7 0 4 3 7 13 4 17
9 Hapoel Hadera 14 3 5 6 15 16 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 1 2 4 4 8 -1 14
10 Bnei Yehuda 13 4 2 7 11 19 7 3 2 2 6 8 6 1 0 5 5 11 -8 14
11 Bnei Sakhnin 12 4 2 6 8 22 5 1 0 4 2 9 7 3 2 2 6 13 -14 14
12 Beitar Jerusalem 12 3 4 5 12 12 7 2 2 3 9 7 5 1 2 2 3 5 0 13
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba 14 3 4 7 12 20 6 3 1 2 9 7 8 0 3 5 3 13 -8 13
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv 14 2 4 8 5 18 8 1 4 3 3 11 6 1 0 5 2 7 -13 10