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

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.

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

N. Rukavytsya 18 goals

O. Altman 10 goals

T. Chery 8 goals

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players

		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