Hapoel Haifa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligat ha'Al numbers at home for Hapoel Haifa so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 197 minutes without scoring a league goal. Y. Sardal was the last player to find the net.
Haifa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Maccabi Haifa (0-2). Before that, Hapoel Haifa drew at home versus Maccabi Netanya.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Haifa here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their Ligat ha'Al matches away.
The manager Y. Abukasis was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium. Hapoel Be'er Sheva suffered a 0-3 loss to Ashdod (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Hapoel Be'er Sheva won their away game at Hapoel Kfar Saba. The scoreline was 1-0.
The visiting Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Haifa 2-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Haifa won zero games, five matches ended with a draw and Hapoel Be'er Sheva has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  H. Maman 6 goals |   J. Soares Pesqueira 6 goals |  G. Varenne 6 goals |
Hapoel Haifa missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Hapoel Haifa | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 80% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 65% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 45% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 8.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 30% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 35% |
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 16 |