Hapoel Haifa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Maccabi Haifa.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Haifa have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jasmin Buric not having conceded a league goal in 323 minutes.
Hapoel Haifa's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Bnei Yehuda. Ahead of that match, Hapoel Haifa lost 0-2 at home to Bnei Yehuda.
Haifa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Hapoel Haifa have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (58) in Ligat ha'Al, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligat ha'Al.
Maccabi might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hapoel Be'er Sheva proved too strong as Maccabi Haifa slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Sammy Ofer Stadium. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Ligat ha'Al.
Maccabi Haifa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. Maccabi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Haifa 3-0. Haifa-Maccabi Haifa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hapoel Haifa three wins, Maccabi Haifa two wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 18 goals |  T. Chery 8 goals |  Y. Ashkenazi 7 goals |
Hapoel Haifa missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Hapoel Haifa | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | 58 |
| 30 | 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 69% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 46% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 54% | 62% |
| 12% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 31% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 35% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 31% | 35% |
| 42% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 54% | 54% |
| 38% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 104 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 137 | 333 |
| 72 | 37 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 70 | 162 |
| 36% | 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 31% | 36% |
- Hapoel Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (58)
- Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
- Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Haifa.
- Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 |