Europa Conference League betting and spectator preview: Maccabi Haifa and FC Union Berlin meet at Sammy Ofer Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Maccabi Haifa and FC Union Berlin should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Maccabi Haifa have to build on here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in this competition. Maccabi Haifa has recorded two wins in a row here at Sammy Ofer Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Maccabi Haifa last time playing, versus Ironi Kiryat Shmona. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with M. Abu Fani, O. Atzili, T. Chery and D. David scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maccabi Haifa played a great game against Ironi Kiryat Shmona and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Slavia Praha (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Maccabi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi Haifa as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is three days after this one.
Maccabi can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Maccabi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Total Europa Conference League statistics for FC Union Berlin: 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Berlin has drawn their two previous away games.
Berlin had fun at their own home (Sammy Ofer Stadium) last time out, beating Hertha BSC 2-0. Taiwo Awoniyi and Christopher Trimmel scored. Christopher Trimmel got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Trimmel scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Köln.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Berlin in our archives, and the results are: one win for FC Union Berlin, one draw and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the FC Union Berlin manager U. Fischer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The travelling fans enjoy Berlin's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Berlin have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past scoreline involving both these contenders is the FC Union Berlin - Maccabi 3-0 played previously this season.Top Goalscorers
  T. Awoniyi 8 goals |   O. Atzili 5 goals | D. Haziza 3 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
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| Maccabi Haifa | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 35 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | FC Union Berlin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Hapoel Katamon | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 9 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Köln | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Bochum | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 1 |