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Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Maccabi Haifa welcomes Hapoel Tel Aviv

It's advantage Maccabi Haifa so far with their 2nd position in the Ligat ha'Al table, welcoming Hapoel Tel Aviv who are placed 5th.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

Maccabi Haifa, who have the most scored goals (58) in Ligat ha'Al, are steadily winning Ligat ha'Al games and points here at Sammy Ofer Stadium. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Sammy Ofer Stadium after three straight home wins.

Maccabi Haifa's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Preceding that match was a defeat to Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1-2).

The manager M. Balbul will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maccabi Tel Aviv in only four days.

Maccabi are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 13 games). 13 goals have been conceded.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats

6-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Tel Aviv in their Ligat ha'Al matches away.

S. Spirovski and E. Boateng scored in Aviv's previous match, the home game against Hapoel Ra'anana (after extra-time) that ended 2-1. Before that, Aviv secured a home win against Hapoel Ra'anana (after extra-time) with the score 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Hapoel Tel Aviv are hosting Beitar Jerusalem in the Ligat ha'Al only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aviv as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv 5-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi Haifa seven wins, three draws and Hapoel Tel Aviv zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi HaifaN. Rukavytsya
N. Rukavytsya
18 goals
Hapoel Tel AvivO. Altman
O. Altman
10 goals
MaccabiT. Chery
T. Chery
8 goals

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players

Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sat 30.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sammy Ofer Stadium (30874 seats)
  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 Tel Aviv 26 19 7 0 48 7 13 8 5 0 21 2 13 11 2 0 27 5 41 64
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 4 4 58 20 13 9 2 2 36 13 13 9 2 2 22 7 38 58
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 4 7 42 25 13 7 2 4 16 14 13 8 2 3 26 11 17 49
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 13 5 8 33 23 13 9 1 3 22 9 13 4 4 5 11 14 10 44
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 5 10 24 36 13 5 4 4 13 12 13 6 1 6 11 24 -12 38
6 Hapoel Haifa 26 10 7 9 26 30 13 5 3 5 17 18 13 5 4 4 9 12 -4 37
7 Bnei Yehuda 26 9 7 10 23 26 13 2 3 8 8 17 13 7 4 2 15 9 -3 34
8 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 7 10 24 28 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 4 5 10 13 -4 34
9 Maccabi Netanya 26 8 7 11 23 32 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 3 4 6 8 16 -9 31
10 Ashdod 26 6 10 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 3 4 6 16 19 -3 28
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 7 5 14 22 35 13 2 2 9 9 19 13 5 3 5 13 16 -13 26
12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 6 4 16 24 35 13 5 1 7 13 14 13 1 3 9 11 21 -11 22
13 Sektzia Nes Tziona 26 5 6 15 17 40 13 4 1 8 10 19 13 1 5 7 7 21 -23 21
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 2 10 14 20 44 13 2 8 3 11 13 13 0 2 11 9 31 -24 16

  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 Tel Aviv 26 19 7 0 48 7 13 8 5 0 21 2 13 11 2 0 27 5 41 64
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 4 4 58 20 13 9 2 2 36 13 13 9 2 2 22 7 38 58
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 4 7 42 25 13 7 2 4 16 14 13 8 2 3 26 11 17 49
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 13 5 8 33 23 13 9 1 3 22 9 13 4 4 5 11 14 10 44
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 5 10 24 36 13 5 4 4 13 12 13 6 1 6 11 24 -12 38
6 Hapoel Haifa 26 10 7 9 26 30 13 5 3 5 17 18 13 5 4 4 9 12 -4 37
7 Bnei Yehuda 26 9 7 10 23 26 13 2 3 8 8 17 13 7 4 2 15 9 -3 34
8 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 7 10 24 28 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 4 5 10 13 -4 34
9 Maccabi Netanya 26 8 7 11 23 32 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 3 4 6 8 16 -9 31
10 Ashdod 26 6 10 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 3 4 6 16 19 -3 28
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 7 5 14 22 35 13 2 2 9 9 19 13 5 3 5 13 16 -13 26
12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 6 4 16 24 35 13 5 1 7 13 14 13 1 3 9 11 21 -11 22
13 Sektzia Nes Tziona 26 5 6 15 17 40 13 4 1 8 10 19 13 1 5 7 7 21 -23 21
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 2 10 14 20 44 13 2 8 3 11 13 13 0 2 11 9 31 -24 16

Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
18 9 3 Won 6 07 Vestur 7 2 3 2 10 9 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 9
7 HB II 7 2 3 2 11 12 2 0 1 1 1 3 5 2 2 1 10 9 -1 9
8 KÍ II 7 2 2 3 11 15 4 1 2 1 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 8 -4 8
9 Hoyvik 7 1 2 4 12 19 5 1 1 3 9 14 2 0 1 1 3 5 -7 5
10 AB II 7 0 0 7 6 16 4 0 0 4 4 9 3 0 0 3 2 7 -10 0

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