Can Hapoel Haifa beat Hapoel Tel Aviv in Sammy Ofer Stadium clash?

Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Date: Mon 01.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sammy Ofer Stadium (30820 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Hapoel Haifa in 7th and Hapoel Tel Aviv in 8th place.

Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv 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.

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Hapoel Haifa form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season, with Hapoel Haifa only managing 2 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses so far from their games here at Sammy Ofer Stadium. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Sammy Ofer Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Hapoel Haifa.

The points were shared in Hapoel Haifa's previous game, also at home. Visiting Beitar Jerusalem (placed 11th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Hapoel Ra'anana.

Hapoel Haifa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sammy Ofer Stadium with 21 goals in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Hapoel Tel Aviv so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-4 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Hapoel Tel Aviv's previous game versus Ashdod (placed 13th), a Ligat ha'Al 5-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Beitar Jerusalem at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Hapoel Tel Aviv as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hapoel Haifa won 1 game, 6 matches ended with a draw and Hapoel Tel Aviv has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

N. Zamir
6 goals
R. Safouri
6 goals
G. Arel
5 goals

Hapoel Haifa missing players

Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 14 Played 14 27
93% 86% Over 0.5 79% 74%
85% 79% Over 1.5 64% 59%
48% 50% Over 2.5 43% 33%
33% 43% Over 3.5 21% 15%
15% 21% Over 4.5 21% 15%
56% 57% Both teams to score 43% 48%
22% 21% Clean Sheet 50% 44%
30% 36% Failed To Score 29% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 20 6 0 57 12 13 11 2 0 33 4 13 9 4 0 24 8 45 66
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 12 8 6 34 27 13 5 3 5 17 17 13 7 5 1 17 10 7 44
3 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 7 7 34 29 13 6 3 4 13 11 13 6 4 3 21 18 5 43
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 10 9 7 36 32 13 7 5 1 21 11 13 3 4 6 15 21 4 39
5 Bnei Yehuda 26 10 7 9 39 25 13 5 4 4 18 13 13 5 3 5 21 12 14 37
6 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 6 11 30 41 13 6 2 5 17 19 13 3 4 6 13 22 -11 33
7 Hapoel Haifa 26 7 11 8 42 37 13 2 7 4 21 22 13 5 4 4 21 15 5 32
8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 6 13 7 26 23 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 1 8 4 9 12 3 31
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 7 9 10 25 28 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 3 4 6 10 13 -3 30
10 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 6 12 8 20 30 13 6 4 3 14 13 13 0 8 5 6 17 -10 30
11 Beitar Jerusalem 26 7 8 11 32 37 13 3 5 5 15 18 13 4 3 6 17 19 -5 29
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 6 10 10 26 40 13 2 7 4 14 16 13 4 3 6 12 24 -14 28
13 Ashdod 26 5 7 14 20 42 13 4 4 5 12 18 13 1 3 9 8 24 -22 22
14 Bnei Sakhnin 26 4 9 13 21 39 13 2 5 6 8 19 13 2 4 7 13 20 -18 21

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